Did Dave King honestly say there would be a “forensic investigation” before newco, under his control, would repay Mike Ashley’s £10m loan? This, before the second tranche of the loan, which the club will need to meet payroll, is paid, and while Ashley could acquire an array of property and IP assets by simply not transferring the money when expected.
Unnecessarily provoking the source of short-term finance your club is dependent on is a bizarre tactic.
If it is indeed “the end” for the current newco board, as King promises, said board have a matter of weeks to secure whatever assets they can for those who have previously invested in the club and provided loans.
The crux of King’s comments are reported as:
“Would we pay [Ashley] immediately, I don’t think so no. We would complete a forensic investigation.
“If David Somers’ indication is correct that there has been some malfeasance then it is possible that the club would have a claim then I would attach the money and make a claim.
“If any individuals behaved improperly then it is important that they are held accountable.”
There’s a scene in Pulp Fiction when an unfortunate predator, “Z”, is informed that some African Americans are about to “Get medieval on his ass”. We don’t get to see what this means but stay tuned, between now and the EGM, Mike Ashley might just provide a demonstration of what Tarantino had in mind.
Remember, Ashley is not at Ibrox because he fancies being the next David Murray. He is not interested in the godforsaken world of having to run a football club in Glasgow, he’s happy to allow others to carry this burden.
He may well allow King to ‘win’ the EGM, but the spoils of victory will be very much on his terms. Trying hard not to imagine Paul Murray in a leather mask now.
Today is World Cancer Day. This disease has taken too many from the blog already, not to mention millions across the globe. There is a lot of good news, though. Progress is being made, but many in the developing world need access to simple preventative treatments, methodologies and information.
The preventative message still needs to get through to a great many in the developing world, before it’s too late. Here’s a video outlining where the battle is at the moment:
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GlassTwoThirdsFull
18:33 on 4 February, 2015
“As far as the the the the tax issue is concerned.”
Nervous, Dave?
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Glib and shameless.
They deserve him.
Rangers men?
Possibly.
£20 Million of his own cash having been spunked up a wall by the original dodgy dave has nothing to do whatever with The King returning to the carcass of Deadco..
praecepta
17:55 on 4 February, 2015
Skoosh – definite starter in the Cup:
http://youtu.be/kl83y0dn248
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Ye could train a Monkey to do that.
Ohhhhhh wait.
Since the game v Sevco we have seen media coverage of an assault on a young Sevco fan and the blame of all of societies ills laid squarely on the GB. Should we be surprised at this when we know how the MSSM are in the pockets of Sevcos PR dept and are far more likely to place us in a negative story. Check out the silence on the 90 minute blast of banned sectarian songs, the complete refusal to recognise the assaults by elbows right in front of a dodgy referee and the omission of comment on the hearts fan kicked unconscious outside Ibrox. There is no way the media will give us equal footing, so don’t expect it.
roberttressell – If we reserve the right to offend by referring to people as monkeys and ‘huns’ then to some extent we have to accept that the Sevco folks, in the context of a football match, might have to be allowed to call us similar.
They should be, yes.
It’s football, fer Pete Lawwell’s sake. Not a bloody garden tea party with the Queen.
Winding up the other team’s supporters is part and parcel of football culture.
Remember that famous picture of the wee boy in a Feyenoord shirt giving the finger to the opposition? That was brilliant!
I would love it – looove it – if my boy did that to the huns. Assuming the Rangers Franchise is still around in future.
We have, quite rightly, tried to kick racial abuse out of the game – and with a lot of success. But do we really want to stop men and boys giving each other a bit of stick? A bit of verbal? Some cheeky banners?
By the Knights of St. Columba, it’s a man’s game!
Unless we want football to turn into sterile, sanitised, prissy, precious, middle class sport where anything other than a polite golf clap is relentlessly scrutinised for anything that might conceivably – gasp! – offend someone, we have to accept that taunts and banter are part of the football experience.
And it doesn’t matter what we call the monkeys. They’ll still make up crazy conspiracy theories to try to make it sound terrible. A few years ago they were going on about “Castle Greyskull” being a coded reference to the Ibrox disaster.
You could make a banner saying “Welcome to Celtic Park, We Love You” and the clown quarter on Follow Follow would complain it was an incitement to riot.
So if they’re offended by a Green Brigade banner, my advice to them is to buy some Tena Lady and deal with it. (thumbsup)
I can’t beleive that some of us are getting squeamish about the Hun or money calling. It’s hilarious in the extreme for the Huns to claim it’s racist.
Then again scotland will probably ban the words soon and say they are illegal.
“You could make a banner saying “Welcome to Celtic Park, We Love You” and the clown quarter on Follow Follow would complain it was an incitement to riot”.
Booooooooooooooooooom :)))))
Just listening to Tom English ripping into the glib and shameless one in Shortbread. Saying his convictions + the fact he was on the board of Rangers within the last 5 years of an insolvency, precludes him from being a director of any club.
However he’s forgotten one very important aspect here. It’s the “Company” not the club that’s been liquidated, so surely he’s free and clear! ;)
Seen on twitter
“Simultaneously the rang*rs fans and media want the SFA to apply the rules with regards Ashley, and ignore them with regards King – very good”
Perhaps zombie/monkey would be better?
http://shirtoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/zombie-monkey.jpg
philvisreturns
18:43 on 4 February, 2015
roberttressell – If we reserve the right to offend by referring to people as monkeys and ‘huns’ then to some extent we have to accept that the Sevco folks, in the context of a football match, might have to be allowed to call us similar.
They should be, yes.
It’s football, fer Pete Lawwell’s sake. Not a bloody garden tea party with the Queen.
Winding up the other team’s supporters is part and parcel of football culture.
Remember that famous picture of the wee boy in a Feyenoord shirt giving the finger to the opposition? That was brilliant!
I would love it – looove it – if my boy did that to the huns. Assuming the Rangers Franchise is still around in future.
We have, quite rightly, tried to kick racial abuse out of the game – and with a lot of success. But do we really want to stop men and boys giving each other a bit of stick? A bit of verbal? Some cheeky banners?
By the Knights of St. Columba, it’s a man’s game!
Unless we want football to turn into sterile, sanitised, prissy, precious, middle class sport where anything other than a polite golf clap is relentlessly scrutinised for anything that might conceivably – gasp! – offend someone, we have to accept that taunts and banter are part of the football experience.
And it doesn’t matter what we call the monkeys. They’ll still make up crazy conspiracy theories to try to make it sound terrible. A few years ago they were going on about “Castle Greyskull” being a coded reference to the Ibrox disaster.
You could make a banner saying “Welcome to Celtic Park, We Love You” and the clown quarter on Follow Follow would complain it was an incitement to riot.
So if they’re offended by a Green Brigade banner, my advice to them is to buy some Tena Lady and deal with it. (thumbsup)
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I agree.
that’ll send a few shock waves around the place!
till later bhoys
HH
Just had to change my underwear after hearing the glib and shameless interview on STV.
He reckons it wouldn’t be good for Celtic OR Sevco to be winning 10 in a row. Celtic winning 45% and them winning 55% would be about right.
Oh, and presumably the rest of scottish fitba’ can fight it out over the remaining 0%.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhehehehehehehehehehehehhohohohohohohohoho
Leftclicktic @ 18.45
Most sensible post on here on the topic. People who see it as one of their many entitlements to be offended by anything whilst simultaneously not caring what they say about other people
Ignore them
Jimbo67
Philvisreturns…you said it all…great post….
Glib and shamlesses accounting letting him down again. rather than celtic winning ten in a row he thinks it would be better for us to win 4.5 titles over ten years.
IS there another rule change coming up to suit Newco? Sharing league titles?
Anyway, he’d be better off concentrating on who he thinks might share First Division titles and SPL relegation with them over the next ten years……
And while I’m at it is he looking back in agony over the rangers 1872 9-in-a-row when he was warning everyone that it was bad for scottish football?????
I hope he gets the reins at Ibrox I really do.
One disaster to another. One cowboy shyster tax dodger to another.
The big man above has some sense of humour
DRCongo V Ivory Coast about to ko on itv4
Football fans wind each other up. It’s what they do. They find something that gets under the skin of others. There’s no point shouting niceties at each other. It’s all part of the game.
I agree the line should be drawn at racist and religious chants but how on earth do you stop that?.
jimbo67
18:54 on 4 February, 2015
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It’s a quote off philvisreturns post at 18:43 sir ,
I hope you are well and hope to catch up soon.
BBC…………………..in shock “glib shameless liar shock”
Sorry Philvis
Thanks to you for thAt. Really should read down the way not up
Jimbo67
Some of the reactions on here , really,..seems like the Celtic support are turning into a bunch a wummin…
Can i say that…or will someone be Offended…jeez…..
Blantyretim well said. Msm are a disgrace. 25000 singing sectarian songs for 90 mins. Not a peep. That fan let us down no question. Giving those rogues all the ammo Hate that.
Roberttressel…kings message in that interview was simple….when we get in…dont expect us to spend lotsa money……simple…
Good luck to NFL tonight.
Live BBC1
HH.
I can chuckle as deeply about the references as any Tim.
I’ve travelled the world and lived in multiple countries.
From that perspective I have gleaned from my travels, I am just pointing out that in many parts of the world, many who are not familiar with our history, will see and interpret the images differently.
That is a fact. We will all just have to decide for ourselves whether we care what others think.
Laurie on as talk in absolute site.
Biggest old firm supporter in the land
Syd Negakev
How on earth did Rangers stop it? ” The Billy boys ” was banned and had been eradicated some time before Rangers died. The other banned songs were muted.
Sevco reintroduced it SMSM and Scottish society have swept it straight under the carpet.
jimbo67
You should have realised when you got to
“Leftclicktic @ 18.45
Most sensible post”.
That something was amiss :))))))))))))))))))
Till later all
Leftckicktic
Cheers bud. Recovering from a wee lung infection and my unrequited love leaving my work but otherwise good . Looking forward to the rest of the season
see you soon mate
Jimbo67
Huns offended ?
Monkeys offended ?
Good.
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
18:20 on 4 February, 2015
The evolution banner was regarded as another classic Green Brigade banner so why does the latest cause such consternation
I sometimes feel we on Cqn are too busy looking to apologise for things that aren’t even out there.
Spot on
Just listening to SSB and that so-called prat of a Celtic supporter that goes by the name of Laurie is on. Turned off immediately what a crawling get cannot wait to see 4 OF games next season. His words! Sickening.
bigMike – that guy Laurie is a plant! The celtic fan who needs Rangers , who wants sponsorship blah blah blah – nonsense and we can see right through him.!
dl on ssb assures us that Celtic signed GMS and Armstrong to ensure we won the League Cup…..honest, that’s what he said …. Hahahahahahaha…….his grammar is also atrocious :)
hendrix67
18:34 on 4 February, 2015
My favourite
“From an evolutionary viewpoint we ARE monkeys, so they’ve embarrassed themselves there.” [Thanks for that Simian, I mean Sammy.]
Should someone tell them we evolved from apes and not monkeys? Then watch their perms raging faces turn an even deeper shade of purple if it’s possible.
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For shure! Cos apes rhymes with papes! So for the creationists among them 1560 would mark the changeover point in their evil-oo-shun.
HH jamesgang
Can someone explain what the monkey wind up is all about. Didn’t understand it at the game and still not any wiser ?
Jamesgang
You know your history big chap.
Wot’s going on at the Beeb? Senior (Sevco) Reporter did a piece which included that the lyin’ king “had 41 convictions for tax offences, and had been described by a South African judge as a glib and shameless liar”. Not following the script there methinks!
HH