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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Lenny never convinced Ki, Hooper, Ledley and Samaras , Mjallby to stay. He has yet to convince Kris Commons. He hardly plays Balde, Pukki, Boerittiger sp?
Portents?CSC
Super celtic go ballistic as Inverness are masachistic. (GIRUY Scottish sub editors)
it has been reported that the six nil scoreline would have been mirrored if sevco had been playing ICT today the only contentious issue was in naming the ICT scorers…………two mates in a pub :-we always have been rangers and always will be rangers why do yous tims call us sevco or zombies ?…”well bill up until 2012 you were rangers then you went into admin still as rangers you tried to get a cva but lizzie wisnae havin it so you were liquidated then all your assets were sold of to the highest bidder and had to start again from new your new company name was sevco 5088 and that is why your called sevco do you understand so far ? sevco fans think they are rangers but they are not its just a marketing ploy the name was changed to The Rangers and then abbreviated to rangers by all and saundry so your pretence not to being dead is why your called zombies doh! and your original name was sevco so that’s what we call you SEVCO double doh!!………….but you’ll always be a hun to me
ICT and Butcher seemed to be one of those combos where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
easy money betting on the Celtic ….got 2.4 on BWIN…for 4 or more goals scored in normal time ….if you get the chance in the next couple of games ….then fill yer boots bhoys …..hoopy days …..braw ………awfy braw
Back from the game and had a quick scroll back. Incredible to see how many posts which had absolutely nothing to do with Celtic.
Some of you need to remember that above everything else this is a Celtic blog.
Great performance today well done Celtic.
HT
I’d settle for comments that were at the very least football related…
Livibhoy was on the other day saying the drink culture at Easter Rd is beyond belief.
No reason to doubt him,but staggered that Butcher is putting up with it.
Enjoyed the game today team played some really nice football just a pity there was such a low attendance to witness it, GB helped the atmosphere. Hopefully we can maintains a decent level of ST, my 3 will be renewed this week.
HT
Or even a wee bit of praise for the manager who puts a winning team on the park!
Good times, good times!
TCR
Just back fae the game. Leigh was vg. Celts were magic! :))
originalsadiesbhoy
Was my dad, Tommy Hughes, still teaching in St Pat’s in your time?
If I played for hibs I would be on the ole toilet duck.
Supercoisty must be mildly apprehensive at the prospects of gettin’ out of the ole liga de muerta next season.
He’ll be look in’ for a world record sized war chest.
Cash only.
Hope Hibs go down.
Hamiltontim
Begs the question are they actually Celtic fans ?
Maybe they were at the game and posting ?
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
17:32 on
27 April, 2014
well said.a big no tae the yes/no fannies,daing
this on ma fone
na good at it.
ludditesforeverCSC.
I was delighted for Stokes today, criticised him in the past for lack of graft. Not today and Bhoy did he get his reward.
HT,
I am guessing that it is a different HT who sometimes posts about the Irish peace process etc? Nothing to do with football either. Take your own advice. HH.
Neganon2
I honestly don’t remember saying that. If you find it I will be pleased to explain but I don’t think it like in the respect said earlier.
I have always said that the separate factions would cease hostilities post referendum.
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar 17:32 on 27 April, 2014
Life would be very dull if we were just talking about Celtic all the time.
HH
SixGoalCelticAreFantasticStinkingSevcoDon’tDoPlastic CSC
Billy Bhoy 05
Do you mind if I ask you a question ?
Billy Bhoy 05
17:50 on 27 April, 2014
‘Neganon2
I honestly don’t remember saying that.’
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You’re a liar.
And you’re a coward.
Bsr- do you think they’ll take britcoins?
How come the Indy / political debate has ceased since the game finished?
Official attendance 45,712. Actually there, probably about 25,000.
Pre new year games at CP were pretty boring affairs. Since new year, a change to 4-3-3, and the introduction of Johansen and Griffiths in particular has energised the team and it’s now a pleasure to watch the fast attacking football we’re now serving up.
Great stuff. Can’t wait till Saturday and taking revenge on the dons
I don’t watch Celtic domestically any more. I have seen two games since Christmas.
Are we a better team/squad than we were against Karagandy ?
If yes where do you think we are stronger ?
If poorer where do we need to strengthen to get to those giddy heights ?
HH
Steinreignedsupreme
17:51 on
27 April, 2014
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar 17:32 on 27 April, 2014
Life would be very dull if we were just talking about Celtic all the time.
HH
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Noo it wud nae be.
Who won the Nats v Unionists game?
Steinreignedsupreme
That’s probably true, but some of the posters don’t even seem interested in any discussion about our club.
Awe Naw,
Unless we are clever in the transfer market, I fear we will have more trouble against footballing dungheaps from overseas.
25,000, would agree
Billy Bhoy 05 @ 20.48 26 4 2014
” I live in Scotland which is a fantastic country which will improve a thousandful when we get rid of Unionists like yourself ”
Mmm ——-my 95 year old father intends to Vote -No ( he is in the Independence from what? camp . ).
Given his age , are you willing to let time get rid of him ?
Awenaw, I think griffiths has made a difference.
Over the summer we will lose a half dozen players. I think the goalie will go, and he will be the biggest loss.
If supervirgil does not go to the WC he’ll stay for next season, at least.
While we pat ourselves on the back on how well we played against the mighty Inverness this afternoon Lennie out witting that top manager Yogi Hughes who has managed many clubs and done nothing with any of them.We would do well to take stock of the poor crowd today that turned out to watch the Champions.How will our season ticket sales go ? I believe they will be hard to shift and if we are lucky our average home gate will be around 30,000.In my opinion the SSM knows this and we will lose a few of our top players in the summer which in turn will affect season ticket sales we are on a downward spiral.We should stop laughing at what is going on at Ibrokes and concern ourselves with how we overcome Celtics problems. H.H.
John o Neil
I have not seen much of the new lad Johansson or Griffiths in a Celtic trikot.
We statistically seem good defensively. Forsters inevitable departure may weaken that.
HH
Back from the game and really enjoyed the experience amongst a much reduced crowd.
Too many stand out memories:-
Antony Stokes’ hat trick
Kris Commons selflessly standing aside from the penalty.
Big FF’s pen. save
Big FF’s even better save from McKay
Izzy rampaging up the wing
Efe’s goal & celebration
VVD being imperious
Scott Brown chasing everything down
Leigh Griffiths chasing a breakaway and running from their box back to ours to tackle.
Mikel Lustig’s return and survival of a heavy challenge
And, finally, a Teemu Pukki goal, taken with a confidence, he usually lacks.
Those of you who did not make it, missed a good one.