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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Superb, incisive play from Celtic box to the ICT net
2 mins added. Time for a 3rd
Great goal, Yesss the Stokesy!
Izzy cuts inside and scoops it a mile over
Izzy deserves a goal.
Izzy bloopers it with his right foot after a clever flick inside
Billy Bhoy 05
20:48 on 26 April, 2014
‘I live in Scotland which is a fantastic country and will improve a thousandful when we get rid of Unionists like yourself.’
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How exactly do you plan to get rid of your political opponents, Billy?
CM blocks IC t shot
HT
HT 2-0. Could have been half a dozen
Tetley time
Izzy being back to his best has been one of this seasons bonuses for me..
lots of very good performances on display. so far none better than mulgrew.
Celtic players are still showing good desire. But it’s a shame Balde and Pukki are not being given a game. I hope Amido gets more than his usual 2 minutes in the second half.
Leigh Griffiths demonstrating that all his brains are in his feet.
A really intelligent player, who thinks ahead.
The trick is to find a way to keep him out of mischief between games.
Lisa Hague’s broom cupboard, perhaps?
Celtic cruising! Happy Days!
Billy Bhoy 05
The above quote attributed to you is possibly the most ridiculous comment I’ve heard during the Yes/No debate
What do you mean by it ?
79 caps,
Why bother with Balde? He has been given no chances. His confidence must be poor.
Stoksie gets the Glory..
But..
Broonie, gets Ma Vote.
He Hiznae Pit a Foot wrang..
Kojo
Happy
Leigh is a clever wee player. Hope he gets his heid right!
Ernie
Dig a hole and bury……. Early in the morning
Lighten up CSC
MTH
Billy bhoy 05. The phenomenon of cyber acts is very real. They are attempting to bully and intimidate the no campaign. They show signs of fascism (see my earlier post).
I am not assuaged by your view on scottish labour. I don’t trust Scotland to treat its minority fairly. I think you can see why?
I am also concerned that the nationalist bullying is a sign of things to come. Your comment about ridding Scotland of unionists was very concerning.mi fear recriminations in Scotland whatever way the vote goes.
You are clearly passionate about independence and that’s great. But I am passionate in my views too. Flooding websites with propaganda won’t change a single vote.
Ernie, your left wing friends had various methods:
Gulags.
Asylums.
Murder.
Intimidation.
Expulsion.
Kojo
This Delaney is happy in Paradise today! 5-0 ma prediction. Hail HaiL
2 nil
Gggrrrr
Liverpool have blown it now.
2-0 at the end.
Advantage Man City
Liverpool choke 0-2
Found wanting in every aspect today
Sub Aspas looks as if he’s never played football before …awful
Liverpool fans still singing in support of their team after going 2-0 down
Have they not learned how to say booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
…at anfield
Neg Anon2
Have you seen ANY so called Cyber Nat post on a part with the one Ian Smart posted?
nasty blues bros and their cheat coach do it again……..anti-football personified
John O’Neil 15:52 on 27 April, 2014
79 caps,
“Why bother with Balde? He has been given no chances. His confidence must be poor.”
Balde was signed for the future. Lennon has stated this on several occasions.
ICT kick off second half
Snake what post is that? Didn’t see it.
GG
Yes. He’s my father.
Still reads the Sunday Times Sports section.
LFT
2 bad mistakes give Chelski the win. Irony is they score in time that was added on for their time wasting! :-((
John O’Neil
15:57 on 27 April, 2014
No friends of mine. Your limited grasp of the subject would probably find that hard to comprehend.
Are these murderers your friends?
http://www.catholic-chaplaincy.org.uk/the-six-jesuit-martyrs-of-el-salvador/
Now given that you’ve chosen to comment, perhaps you could tell us what you think Billy has in mind for those of us who disagree with him.
KC just beaten in box
Unlucky Griffo..