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.
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Alfie Noakes –
I agree that the almost daily demands on here for a statement from the Celtic board every time someone at Sevco farts, is puerile and cringeworthy.
However, coming as it does from the supporters rather than the club, I fully support the Sunday Herald statement. It gives us a chance to set the record straight to the rest of the world.
Petrie was the ‘fetch Fido’ pooch,used to get messages to the huns.Regan and Doncaster,not wanting to be seen to do anything anti-hun.
Alfie Noakes
No wonder you take stick on this site….you are a total arse.
Your last post sounds hunnish.
Poor you eh.
HH
Morning
Surprised Kevjungle’s post about half past eight didn’t generate any comment.
” continue to dupe all the easily kidded-on-happy-clapping-retarded-seals who”
Kev. You are entitled to your opinions but I have to take issue with your use of the word “retarded”
Please read this just to be clear when use of that word is OK.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/r-word-advocacy_n_6064196.html
HH
Had a wee laugh there on Hun Media,at their total confusion on whats going on,who to back,one even stated in support of King,when someone else mentioned crimes
“Dave King,came to a business agreement with the authorities,Easdale,jailed for VAT fraud,who is the criminal”
Some even already starting to call them,Mr King,and Mr Murray!!!!!!!!!!
Its in their DNA,subservience.
Nothing is too bad for them
skyisalandfill
11:00 on 21 January, 2015
Morning
Surprised Kevjungle’s post about half past eight didn’t generate any comment.
” continue to dupe all the easily kidded-on-happy-clapping-retarded-seals who”
Kev. You are entitled to your opinions but I have to take issue with your use of the word “retarded”
Please read this just to be clear when use of that word is OK.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/r-word-advocacy_n_6064196.html
HH
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For a long time now I’ve just scrolled past. Boring reading.
Alfie Noakes
You talk crap….and people will challenge you on it.
Tom McGlaughlin
I’m not so sure about that.
He has stated that they had no problem with him.
Anyway whether he is on the board is irrelevant.
Paul Murray does his biddings ,and he will represent him on the board if necessary.
TT
“Surprised Kevjungle’s post about half past eight didn’t generate any comment.”
Skyisland,
I would have noticed it but kev is a long time member of my scroll by list.
Livibhoy – I know people contributed, more fool them.
I detest the insult to our intelligence perpetrated by the Ibrox faithful and their MSM fans – however after this advert and its subsequent coverage, the whole farce will be portrayed as an ‘Old Firm’ squabble, with a ‘they said’, ‘we said’ coverage.
When you enemy is drowning in a pool of shit, the last thing you do is jump in beside them.
Auldheid
Kevj had a point did he not….if you want to publish an open letter, start with Peter Lawell.
HH
GORDON J
Ashley is reportedly worth £3.7bn. The latest sale of SD stock values the company-of which he now holds 55%-at £4.5bn.
Thus his stake in SD is worth around £2.5bn meaning he has around 1.2bn sloshing around elsewhere.
Point being,I seriously doubt he needed the sale to finance a petty cash-by his standards-advance to Rangers.
Why did he sell now? Dunno. No-one knows how Mike Ashley operates,how he thinks. Few though have come away from a deal with him counting their profits.
Counting their fingers,mibbe. Plenty of them in the past.
Natknow –
Because it is a cut and dry case. The SFA know they could not possibly get away with it.
In the build-up to the meeting between Ashley and the SFA when he was asking for permission to increase his shareholding, CQN was inundated with comments predicting the usual SFA climbdown. They told him to take a hike.
It will be the same with King. I have posted on here before that the SFA have grown very pissed off with the whole Sevco farce and how they appear to have learned nothing. There will be no more favours and definitely no more bending of the rules for them.
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
10:43 on
21 January, 2015
I see Mike Ashley is selling off a chunk of Sports Direct to generate some cash. Wonder what he plans to do with t?
Not for any reason concerning the hun,thats for sure.
“Kevj had a point did he not….if you want to publish an open letter, start with Peter Lawell.”
Tgm,
Why?
Auldheids open letter was to address comments made by MON.
It looks unlikely that have boots will travel John Guidetti is unlikely to sign for the hoops and it appears Southampton are likely to get his signature. A pity but we should be trying to find another striker and just enjoy seeing big John until the end of the season. H.H.
“It looks unlikely that have boots will travel John Guidetti is unlikely to sign for the hoops”
Joe,
So he’s likely to sign for us then? ;p
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
11:06 on 21 January, 2015
GORDON J
Ashley is reportedly worth £3.7bn. The latest sale of SD stock values the company-of which he now holds 55%-at £4.5bn.
Thus his stake in SD is worth around £2.5bn meaning he has around 1.2bn sloshing around elsewhere.
Point being,I seriously doubt he needed the sale to finance a petty cash-by his standards-advance to Rangers.
Why did he sell now? Dunno. No-one knows how Mike Ashley operates,how he thinks. Few though have come away from a deal with him counting their profits.
Counting their fingers,mibbe. Plenty of them in the past.
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I suspect he sold this stock for reasons other than giving sevco a loan. If they need £10M then why would he sell £100M of shares. Media speculation I suspect?
Geordie Munro.
I will tell you why….because PL, like MON seems under the impression that there is such a thing called Rangers….There isn’t, they don’t exist….so whats the point of pretending they do.
Rangers were LIQUIDATED, therefore they do not exist.
HH
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
Ashley is already doing this, he has a big interest in Oldham Athletic as well as Newcastle and now Sevco.
TOM McLAUGHLIN
Suppose a new regime is in place at Ibrox with full support of the fans and the MSM,etc,with-apparently-the finances to rebuild Rangers,stop the haemorrhaging of cash and put a decent team out to play.
Do you genuinely believe anyone at the SFA has the cojones to play by the rulebook?
Where Rangers are involved,the SFA merely want a quiet life.
JonnyRambo67
10:47 on
21 January, 2015
I’d love it if we could get a set of journos that were totally fair and balanced on all occasions but it’s not going to happen. I can be as objective as I like about Celtic (or any other team for that matter) but it’s always going to be filtered through the fact that I’m a Celtic supporter.
So why not let the reporters be open about it? I’m not talking about the likes of Hately et al. They don’t even write the columns. I’m talking about guys that can write and are prepared to criticise their own team. It doesn’t have to be the names I suggested, they were just examples.
This is all about print sports journalism maintaining relevance. There’s no point in eg The Herald trying to print a purely fact based story on a Monday because everything in it will have been known for hours if not days already. Print as a daily news format is dead.
Tom McLaughlin
11:08 on 21 January, 2015
Natknow –
Because it is a cut and dry case. The SFA know they could not possibly get away with it.
In the build-up to the meeting between Ashley and the SFA when he was asking for permission to increase his shareholding, CQN was inundated with comments predicting the usual SFA climbdown. They told him to take a hike.
It will be the same with King. I have posted on here before that the SFA have grown very pissed off with the whole Sevco farce and how they appear to have learned nothing. There will be no more favours and definitely no more bending of the rules for them.
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I’m sure you’re right that they are tired of the whole farce. I’m a bit of a cynic. Since they are accountable to no-once except themselves, they can do whatever they want – whether there are “rules” written down or not. The SFA refer their their “rules” only when it suits them. You might well be right, but I wouldn;t be in the slightest bit surprised if they simply go along with whever has control over there. They’re desperate for this all to go away and for things to get back to “normal”.
The Liar’s line about favourable settlement smacks more of something The Busted Flush came up with when he stiffed the pensioners.
Cut from the same cloth……………………..or fabric.
Shameless.
Alfie
Naw, you get ‘attacked’ because you’re a diddy.
TinyTim
I am not sure whether the SFA will allow King to site on the board or not.
The one thing I would be sure about though is that he will be seriously pissed off if he is denied. King is an egotistical clown who gets his kicks out of mouthing off to anyone who will give him a few column inches.
Somehow, I can’t see him settling for the role of sleeping partner. Big Mike on the other hand…
I will say again….Rangers were LIQUIDATED….so whoever is playing at Ipox, it certainly is not Rangers.
Why pretend otherwise.
Its total and utter nonsense because…..Rangers do not exist.
Why is it so difficult to understand that?
HH
regarding journalists and newspapers:
I used to buy the DR religiously every day. II couldn’t start the day unless i had read it. If I was abroad, I’d hunt for a DR for an hour, walk 5 miles etc.
The local shop used to have a queue of people in their dressing gowns and slippers at 10pm outside the shop waiting for the first edition. The ‘thugs and thieves’ headline was the day the DR lost their £120 a year from me.
Now, if I want CFC news, I come on here first. then I make my rounds of Phil, a couple of gers sites, jamboskickback, hibs sites. I now never buy a newspaper. I began reading etims and CQN about 8 years ago I think.
And that is where we are; it is easier and better to get a more informative picture of things on blogs than the MM.
I should mention I really hate the media with a passion for political reasons which i won’t bore everyone with, (starting from miner’s strike).
Rangers Tax Case was the breakthrough for me – the moment when blogs overtook the MM.
My hope is that print and TV media dies.
My thanks to paul for all his efforts over the years – it must be very difficult to come up with original material day in day out.
If P67 was to ever ask to charge for it, I would happily hand over my fiver a month. If a thousand or so did the same, maybe he could quit his job and blog for a living. He certainly deserves it.
FAVOURITE UNCLE
10:38 on 21 January, 2015
Petrie
was the go between sevco & SFA sleekit negotiations,
Wee typo on my previous post with “site on the board”
I think I meant “sit on the board” – but maybe “sh!te on the board” works equally well in context.
You can take your pick….
COOLMOREMAFIA
Good points,bud-every one of them.
But if only a thousand of us put in a fiver every month,Paul would have to send the wife out to work!
tinytim
10:40 on 21 January, 2015
Absolutely not … I missed the IMO bit on reading..so, sincere apologies, my Mhan….
Just returned from the Requiem Mass for an “Old school” Bhoy .
A lifelong Tim who will be missed by all who knew him,
Even on his 2nd last illness got discharged from the hospital at 87 to watch the Hoops play in the europa league,
Connected for many years to the Saint Marys (Coatbridge) supporters bus and the Big Tree Bar,
LennyBhoy(of this parish) yer Whifflet office done him proud today with it’s floral tribute and turn out.
Jackie Murphy R.I.P.
Repeat after me….Rangers don’t exist….There is no old firm.
Why people on this site continue to uphold the lie…I have no idea, but let me tell you, that’s exactly what you are doing….backing the sevco lies…..good luck with that, but we all know that RANGERS DONT EXIST.
HH
LEFTCLICKTIC
Your lifelong Tim pal outlived the huns,and I don’t think he’ll see them again where he’s going!
Jackie Murphy,R I P
Like I said before….Stuart Armstrong, we will be lucky to get Stretch Armstrong.
Don’t forget….PL and minions….are quite happy to go along with the sevco lies….so if they cant see the stupidity of that…God help us.
Why cant they just tell the truth ffs.
HH
The Green Man
11:31 on
21 January, 2015
Aye but The Rangers do exist and we have to play them, and I literally cannot care less if people use the ‘The’ when referring to them.
TCM
That Ann Margret is a reet stoater
HH