News that we are after a second Dundee United midfield player will prove popular, Stuart Armstrong has been tipped for progress for a couple of years. He is another Ronny Deila-type player, a strong runner who can get up and down the field. As usual, I’ll reserve judgement until we sign him, and I’ve had a chance to watch him properly.
You have to admire his balls. Dave King assertion that a conviction for tax fraud is a “favourable settlement” goes beyond parody. I’m unsure if some PR flop put those words in his head or if he concocted the notion by himself, but just as you cannot shine a turd, it is impossible to spin an undisputed criminal conviction. He was convicted of criminal offenses. If this is your measure of favourable, your standards are truly deplorable.
I fail to see why King even is discussing such matters with the media, unless he’s currying favour with the Daily Record. These assertions will make no difference whatsoever to the stock market, or any reputable nominated adviser, nor will it hold sway with the SFA. It is also a futile battleground. In the event King gains control of newco Rangers, he doesn’t need to be a director to exercise de facto control, Paul Murray has been his man for years. Mike Ashley is not a director, and he owns less than 9% of the club, but he appears to be able to dictate play quite comfortably.
Without a trace of irony, King told the Record: “The enthusiasm that this board adopts to ‘media management’ and its failure to act in the interest of shareholders and other stakeholders is exactly why they should be jettisoned”.
Trying hard to avoid the merest whiff of media management himself, King then added, “History will judge this board as one of the worst the club has ever had. There is not one individual who puts the club above personal interest.”
There you have it folks, our pal Dave is a man you can trust.
Just as the Newco board didn’t have enough on their plate, interim manager Kenny McDowell tendered his notice, although in true ‘Rangers’ tradition, he’s not going without a pay-off. It’s an added vote of no confidence the regime could do without. They now face the embarrassing prospect of allowing an interim to remain in control as a lame duck, or put a second manager on gardening leave.
Mike Ashley’s prospects of a successful turnaround look bleak in the face of such uniform and orchestrated antagonism. I wonder if he’s the kind of man who takes manipulation lightly? If not, the manipulators are playing with fire.
CQN11 St Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance is on Friday 13 March, at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park. The focus of an excellent night’s entertainment will be funding the construction of a kitchen at Chibwata Primary School in Malawi, for Mary’s Meals.
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I would believe Jim Speirs.He has the inside track at Tannadice.
scullybhoy
19:46 on
20 January, 2015
Dan
19:32 on 20 January, 2015
Auldheid
Loved your open letter to MON.
HH Dan
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CAN I SEE IT?
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No problem buddy, from page 3 today on the blog. a belter.
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Auldheid
14:59 on
20 January, 2015
On Martin O Neil suggesting Rangers have suffered enough.
An open letter to Martin O Neil
Dear Mr O Neil
You were a great Celtic manager and gave the Celtic support some wonderful memories.
Top of the memory list has to be the bitter sweet season of 2002/03 when you took Celtic to Seville but lost out on the SPL title to Rangers by a goal.
Rangers that season won the treble under Alex McLeish
I note your view that Rangers have been punished enough but I wonder if it is a view you would still hold if you knew that.
1. Ronald De Boer was paid for the first half of that season by an illegal ebt. Not an ebt that Rangers are still contesting with HMRC but one for which they accepted liability because they had lied to HMRC about the existence of the side letter to De Boer that was part of the tax arrangement they had with him since August 2000.
2. You were kept in the dark about the above because details of that side letter and why the ebt in question was illegal were kept from the SPL when they commissioned Lord Nimmo Smith to investigate the use of ebts and side letters at Rangers. How De Boer ‘ s ebt from August 2000 was treated as legal is something that the SPL have failed to answer.
There are punishments and there are consequences and what is happening to Rangers is a consequence first of their behaviour and second the ongoing consequence of avoiding the football punishment that would have to have happened had the nature of the De Boer ebt not been hidden from those charged with the investigation.
How much less hurtful would 2002/03 feel now if you knew it was a title you had lost by unfair means?
I am not suggesting that the 2003 title be stripped or awarded to Celtic but the truth behind it has to be told so that pronouncements such as yours are made based on the facts.
You and Celtic and our support were cheated. If you can forgive that then so can I, but let’s not pretend what Rangers indulged in from 2000 is anything but the total corruption of Scottish football of which Celtic were but one of the many victims.
thindimebhoy
We had this conversation on CQN not too long ago. They are going to end up as a first year philosphy final exam question:
If R****rs have players, coaches, catering, a youth team, a badge, and a stadium, but you take away the players, does R**** still exist?
okay, if R****rs have players, coaches, catering, a youth team, a badge, and stadium, but you TUPE the players, and put the coaches on gardening duties, does R**** still exist?
okay, if R****rs have players, coaches, catering, a youth team, a badge, and a stadium, but you TUPE the players, and put the coaches on gardening duties, and sell the catering to SDM, does R**** still exist?
okay, if R****rs have players, coaches, catering, a youth team, a badge, and a stadium, but you TUPE the players, and put the coaches on gardening duties, and sell the catering to SDM, and give the rights to the badge to a charlatan, does R**** still exist?
okay, if R****rs have players, coaches, catering, a youth team, a badge, and a stadium, but you TUPE the players, and put the coaches on gardening duties, and sell the catering to SDM, and the stadium is full of asbestos, a leak in the roof, and gets mortgaged to MA, does R**** still exist?
and so on…
Wish I was doing school now. My answers would have been a lot shorter. Instead of a 20 page treatise on ontology, I could just have said ‘nah, they’re f***.’
The Guardian, Tuesday 20 January 2015 20.05 GMT
Mike Ashley is selling a 2.6% stake in Sports Direct, worth £117m, in a deal with US bank Goldman Sachs.
The sale of the 15.4m shares, which will reduce his total stake to 55%, is likely to fuel rumours that the Newcastle United owner is preparing to offer cash-strapped Scottish football team Rangers a £10m emergency loan.
Masty –
My apologies.
When you said 1985 I thought you meant he played in 85. I now realise you meant born in 85.
Been a long day :-)
My son was born 83.
Stevie67
That’s him
He’s behind you
@cartuja
Tom mcl
Wifes family from footie stock :-)))))
Tiny TIm
Great Point…. Yes.. Indeedy.. McGlynn, should be taking in that African Tourney..
Speaking of Mr.McGlynn..
Regarding, Mr.Glynn’s,Recent Appointment..as Celtic’s First Team Scout.
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Is This The Thin End of the Wedge… which is fast Approaching the..up until Recently..
Untouchable Beafter,of the much Admired.. Mr. Park?
Is Mr. Park’s Beafter,which up until Noo…hiz bin… so, so, Untouchable ..Not so, so,so, Untouchable…after awe?
Is he jis aboot tae be Turfed oot..Unceremoniously,oanit… oot the Door?
Has Mr. Park’s Rep..as Talent Spotter.. Par Excellence, bin shattered for Good..
by.. HIz
Plethora o’ Awful Recommendos.. which hiv .. mebbe .. Smashed hiz Image.. as a Top Talent Spotter.. intae a MillIon Pieces?
All These questions hiv arisen.. n… Leads me tae
believe that Mr.Park’s Tenure ,as Celtic’s Chief Talent Spotter.. is in Danger of
coming tae an Inglorious Ending.
Whatdya Think,pal.??
Kojo
Still,Laughin
DD
Really hope it works out for the bhoy
setting free the bears for res. 12 & oscar knox
no it’s not mate,he was responding to you on a matter he was snide with me about,and refused to man up and engage the other day.HH
mike in toronto
19:57 on 20 January, 2015
thomthetim
and WITS,
Gosh, I’m blushing now.
Good evening my fine furry friends!
Just watched the Chuckles interview. Reminiscent of a Chris Morris Brass Eye production.
Surreal but incredibly funny.
Ard Macha
Sorry, went into autotype there. Furry or not my friendship extends to you!
Scouts ?
Highly recommend this-
The Nowhere Men- Michael Calvin.
One of the great football books.
Watching Roma v Empoli / Coppa Italia. 17 minutes gone.Roma 1 up.Roma making Empoli look very ordinary – something that Inter failed to do.
lennybhoy,
If four are coming in I would like to think, we will let eight go, not KC or Virgil though.
That’s the downsizing I would agree with. HH
turkeybhoy
20:09 on 20 January, 2015
You mean Jim Spence not Speirs mate.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
sipsini
20:19 on 20 January, 2015
My guess, Kris, Kayal and Stokes. Personally, will only bother me if Kris leaves.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
embramike
That sounds just like a MSM report! Took me a second look to spot the joke.
Marrakech Express
Never saw Andy play but used to live Southside, frequented Satchmo’s (and other establishments,) had many a beer with Andy and was always told what a terrific player he was, also heard same as you suggest as reason he didn’t fulfil promise.
!!bada bing!!
19:56 on 20 January, 2015
raspberry-ha,how you getting on?
Im great mate. Moved to different job in same place. No Shifts, No Nights, No weekends it’s great. Feel like a human being again.
Hope you are well?
What on earth was Neganon watching a Charles Green interview for? Isn’t that an act of Old Firmism?
Link to Ashley full story:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/20/mike-ashley-sports-direct-newcastle-rangers?CMP=share_btn_tw
raspberry- great news,always tired doing shifts.Not bad here ,doing a Nebosh H&S course next 2 weeks,chance of a good job wi a multi national mob hopefully.HH
LENNYBHOY,
Spence indeed.Many thanks.I knew there was something wrong when I was typing that,could not figure out what.
He said it
!!bada bing!!
20:30 on 20 January, 2015
raspberry- great news,always tired doing shifts.Not bad here ,doing a Nebosh H&S course next 2 weeks,chance of a good job wi a multi national mob hopefully.HH
Good luck,
Stevie67
Him and his big brother Danny were only bettered by Tony McBride in my opinion.
I seen them all regularly and played against them often on St. dominics pitch.
Jobo
Swinging by the Gazebo tomorrow?
Goal! Inverness CT 1 St Johnstone 0 (McKay)
Goal! Inverness CT 2 St Johnstone 0 (Watkins)
https://twitter.com/rodlee85/status/557625005031555073/photo/1
What’s Charlie doing in hospital anyway? Is his Rangersitis playing up? Or is he having it removed…?
Asked a Latvian colleague who he supports. He said Man U and Liverpool. I didn’t have the heart to say that that was rather like expressing admiration for Corrie’s fat Fizz and, additionally, her foxier actress friends such as Maria.
It just can’t be done. It ain’t logical.
Lennybhoy
Hope you’re keeping well mate, if the level of coming and goings is as you say then no more excuses for RD, so long as he is selecting or has a big say on who comes and goes. A massive 6 weeks ahead.
Lennybhoy
In terms of bang for buck:
stokes had been a great result on goals and assists for a reported 1m. Nothing too flash recently in entertainment though.
Kris cost 0.3m and has had a huge return in goals, assists and entertainment
Kayal was bought for around 1m I think and had done very little. People talk of his 1st season but they forget the capitulation in Europe early on and the shambles at Killie in the 3-3. A flatterer who had not paid his fee or wages in my opinion(often heard in 406)
My view would be that we have squeezed the best from Stokes, we list money on Kayal and we made loads on Kris.
Keep Kris, give him 2 years and a coaching job.
PS
Entertainment is difficult to put a bus case to but it does sell season tickets in my opinion
Captain Beafheart
Depends on what Fizz can do that Maria won’t.
Like run you up a tailored shirt…..
The Chuckles Tinterview – http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11788/9653921/spfl-charles-green-backs-mike-ashley-for-rangers