It’s not like we didn’t warn them. Charles Green, with his ‘blame it on bigotry’ and ‘Rangersitis’ nonsense was an even more transparent charlatan than wee Craig Whyte. Green moved in, fed them the nonsense they were oh so willing to swallow, and made off with their millions. All carried out in broad daylight.
The financial realities were self-evident from day one of Newco’s existence. For a while you had to wonder if any of vast number of fans, journalists and fan-journalists with computers had a spreadsheet between them. But, a more powerful force than Rangersitis had taken hold – vanity. The kind of vanity only those afflicted by a notion of supremacy are susceptible to.
Their club was liquidated, a newco was formed. It adopted Rangers’ name while the original club was still an SFA member (and granting permission for their players to turn out for was for the time known as ‘Sevco Scotland’.
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. This isn’t an easy pill to swallow. Around these parts people invest the kind of sentiment in their football team which goes into nationalism elsewhere, occasionally causing wars. It’s a primitive but natural part of all of us, so perhaps we should have been more respectful of the feelings of others at the time. Cough.
If someone was able to chart the world’s Cognitive Dissonance harvest it would have been off the chart for the last two years, brought about when a degrading reality met a supremacists vanity. The subsequent scarcity of Armageddon (biff), Celtic’s flourishing Champions League action (bang), the new New Firm (whallop) were all late blows which none of the Jokers at Ibrox anticipated. Even Kilmarnock managed to sort themselves out without collapsing into administration.
Without the ability to accept credit or debit cards, or with the bank’s authority to allow fans to automatically renew season tickets, the signs are written as tall as Ibrox’ Club Deck. I can’t see more than a few thousand being prepared to throw their money into a landfill site.
Season ticket renewal deadline has been moved to a week before when next month’s wages are due. Right now the directors have a reasonable aspiration that tens of thousands of fans will renew but on 17 May, the day after the deadline, reality should crystallise. If there was a spread bet available, I’d put my money on administration in the days to follow.
Money talks, it don’t sing and dance and it don’t do walking away….
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weeman67
19:55 on 26 April, 2014
Very impressive.
Thanks for that!
HH
Gerry
weeman67
Cracking link to the Lufthansa Airbus 380 landing at San Francisco.
Always wanted to be a pilot, but I’m as blind as a bat! Maybe in the next life.
HH!!
celtic mac you’re right again !!!
McCoist has single handedly bankrupted the
stadium that John Brown played for.
In the history of football managers this man
stands alone. He has earned millions whilst the clubs
he managed have both went bankrupt.
steinreignedsupreme
18:43 on 26 April, 2014
PeteTheBeat 18:09 on 26 April, 2014
“Keep asking this but no answers.
“What possessed Ticketus to lend the £27 million in the first place?”
Ticketus had a long-standing arrangement with Rangers (IL). This was not a one off deal.
It was David Murray who told Craig Whyte about Ticketus paying money in advance in the first place.
Ticketus had no reason to suspect the deal was any riskier than it had been previously.
the battered bunnet
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Must confess that this bit still confuses/intrigues me….surely they must have smelt at least the whiff of a rat and seen their direction of travel (earthwards at 90 degrees at full speed!)
Hope one day the whole sordid tale comes out. As a box set!
HH jamesgang
Glasstwothirdsfull
He is not in the slightest embarrassed, he is pushing an agenda and distorting facts,he is paid by our licence fees.
I had to do a double take there!!!!1 the lyin’ king at the foot of the page, now paul that IS funny
Reading back a bit now. With regard to Chick Dung and his beloved team….why are we bothered? They are both relics, more to be pitied than commented on.
Ryan Giggs…..horrible little cnut with the morals of a caveman, what are Man Ure thinking about? Has the win at all cost Ferguson attitude pervaded throughout the club? SHAMEFUL.
Incidentally the house wine in Jamies Italian is Sicilian, as it is in Da Claudio, Motherwell. The grape is Carrato ( I think)…very tasty.
gordon64
20:29 on 26 April, 2014
He has fleeced them for everything they have. Offering to take a cut in wages, which I understand did not happen. The money that he has made in the game he should have taken no wages or if he had to take a wage, a nominal £1.
The previous incarnation died trying to do what we did and win the Big Cup. The present incarnation will die trying to win the SPFL…Swally the Fat controller has been the Catalyst with his fat salary, identifying Players he knows they cannot afford and let’s them be tied up on unsustainable salaries like his own.
One man to blame. Swally. Not Chuck, not Craigy but Swally. He has stood defiant two fingers up at the establishment, you, me et al. Yes he is everything what they have stood for, thinking they are IT!
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
evening all…..
anybody watching this ?
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10171146_741141132592461_300139465977572448_n.jpg
H.H.
Lennybhoy
Well said amigo.
HH
Neganon
Unlike you I have a life to lead. An exciting and full life with a beautiful family and lovely friends.
I dont know where u live but it sounds horrible and full of bigots and narrow minded cretins.
I live in Scotland which is a fantastic country and will improve a thousandful when we get rid of Unionists like yourself. Shoulder to Shoulder you stand with your Orange Brethren as you fight to retain control of a country that feeds it wealth to the multi national capitalists and the Labour Party grandees in the House of Lords.
Come September my children and their children will look forward to a country free of the Bedroom Tax, Political Patronage, and the most important element of all.
No Trident……You peeple fight for it’s retention….Sick you are..,,how many do you want to murder? Millions!
Got True Detective series taped on sky . Watched the first couple of episodes not to impressed . Is it worth watching the rest?
All those who are critical of our club
should take a wee look around the world and
see how other big clubs are being run.
Our board are angels be comparison.
Put on the kettle and make some tea
Its all a part of feeling groovie
Put on your slippers turn on the tv
Its all a part of feeling groovie
Its time to relax, now youve worked your arse off
But the only one smilin is the sun tanned boss
Work and work and work and work till you die
There’s plenty more fish in the sea to fry
Gordon64
20:13 on
26 April, 2014
Urgent message to the SFA
Just in case you hadn’t noticed your newest club
that you let in the back door
is on the brink of insolvency ‘again’.
What action do you intend to take to protect the
integrity of Scottish football ?
I await your imminent non response.
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Dear Mr 64,
We note your comments, and wish to inform you that they are still trading, therefore it would be inappropriate to answer your concerns at this time. If matters change anytime soon then we would have no hesitation in restructuring our rules to accomodate fairness and integrity. We feel that we have to give clubs our support when it is needed in order to take Scottish Football forward. We need our clubs to survive and prosper, so taking punitive measures would be counter productive. If rules are broken before we have the chance to amend them, docking points and/or fining them would have to be considered, even as a last resort, albeit possibly in a suspended sentence mode. I hope this answers your concerns, and the matter can be left at that. Thank you for showing an interest in our excellent governance of Scottish Football.
Regards,
RC Ogilvie
Aiden
i gave up on it after about 5 episodes – too much like hard work
Palacio 67,
Have to agree 100% with your comments. Our travelling support always messed around. To make matters worse Our Club just accept it.
Billy Bhoy 05
20:48
That is poor mate.
gene
Think I’m going to give it a miss.
That will be Peralta out the door at the bigotdome , blessing yourself after scoring it’ll never catch on.
In Drinking and listening to Setting Sons
I tuned in to shortbread today forgetting the homage to bankruptcy game going on and was caught up in the astounding level of propaganda from the fans, sorry commentators. Reminding me of the time when Iraq’s minister of propaganda, comical Ali, assured a reporter in a live broadcast that there were no American troops in Bagdhad, just as an American armoured column drove over the bridge behind him. Today’s comedians including EBT Dodds kept referring to tis game as a step in getting them back where they belong. That being the grave I hope. That is where zombies belong.
Some posts should start with………..
There now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of, ach, ye know the rest.
Evening all, are they still uttering?
Sorry trading?
Whilst the black clouds hang over the bigot dome…….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiCxqhu9cio
DA BOSS
BB5
Whatever the outcome of the referendum we are all going to
have to live together afterwards.
HH
SOAL, great album, great band.
Likes
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Gordon64
20:49 on
26 April, 2014
All those who are critical of our club
should take a wee look around the world and
see how other big clubs are being run.
Our board are angels be comparison.
Evening guys
Everyone’s input at the goings on at Ibrox is in the main humours and very educational
But in my humble opinion , we’ll be saying the same thing until that team are in the league with us !!!how do they get away with it ? , where is the money coming from ?, why are the SFA doing nothing about it ?, it will be relentless from BBC , SKY and every other form of media , all of us are waiting for someone else to take the lead and hammer home They Are A NewClub , or are waiting till they eventually die off ,
They are SKINT and are employing staff when running on empty FFS ,
I’m glad the wife took my phone off me today , would have made an erse of Masel (as usual ) re the comment about SJ , rip Sandy Jardine, but the guy on BBC said they had to move him to let DMc play for Scotland wtf
Aidenbhoy
Stick with it, it’s only 8 episodes, no Soprano’s but good stuff.
There now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of the laughing our pants off CSC
marspapa
21:04 on 26 April, 2014
Will be sending the 5s email out tomorrow. Remember to reply.
Apologies for confusion last week
HH
CRC
The entire MSM will now be moving to Defcon9 re the imminent demise of their beloved…..their heads have been so deep in the sand it is no surprise they have been blinded. They cannot conceive of a world without them, they deserve each other.
HH
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
20:52 on 26 April, 2014
Put on the kettle and make some tea
Its all a part of feeling groovie
Put on your slippers turn on the tv
Its all a part of feeling groovie
Its time to relax, now youve worked your arse off
But the only one smilin is the sun tanned boss
Work and work and work and work till you die
There’s plenty more fish in the sea to fry
Sorry Smithers Jones
Burning sky and Wasreland for me
CD
Wasreland
New wan on me
LOL
CRC
No problem bud , I’m back on line now , No sighing at the back lol it was my misunderstanding , anyhow there looked a couple of bruisers , I’m thinking
Moonbeams was there , don’t fancy arguing awe him …..it’s a YES fae me lol
SFA STATEMENT
In response to growing concerns regarding
the imminent administration of our most glorious new club
we have held a full committee meeting and decided to
stick our head in the sand and hope it all goes away.
Deerhunter on ITV4 right now. Epic bar room scene to follow. Off to enjoy now.