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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jackie mac
Interesting link there, timely too. Glad that there has finally been some recognition, not to say benediction, in relation to their plight.
CRC, thanks.
Eddie,
Does your surname start with an R?
None of the other ones though?:-)
Tricoloured Ribbon
20:08 on
yes it does mate
HT
agree 100%
Celtic are playing, if u can’t get, watch it on the telly, if it’s not on the telly, get a stream on line, if ye canny do that, worst option…listen to it on the radio…
Politics while Celtic are playing…ffs get a grip.
HH PC67
Tricolouredribbon
Eh ?
HH
eddieinkirkmichael
Wee Dena29 is a gem ….a fekn loud gem.hh
Bournesoup,
You post pictures of big breasted women on CQN. You do it well. Best to stick with that. HH.
Ht,
So you don’t want political posts on CQN during a game but you want IRA chants during the actual live event? Ok. Have a good evening .
JamesOregon,
Get back to me please.
Attached my new CQteN to my jacket today and while at the food area at the back of 112 a bhoy noticed it and smiled. Now protocol should be that you reveal you’re monicker. Will do the next time.
Talksport news second headline about Sevco shareholder taking Wallace to task about financial irregularities.
Wonder if any of our rags will give it the same billing tomorrow.
Awe naw,
Doesn’t matter mate.
Thought that you thought me comparing Griffiths wae McAvennie was laughable.
Eddie,
Do you have a brother or a relative John,a joiner?
pedrocaravanachio67, HT
Really ?
Some people can do both at the same time. Especially when not attending the game and the game is a meaningless dead rubber.
So if you can listen to it on shortbread but choose not then somehow that is wrong ?
HH
Tricoloured
I have not seen enough of Leigh Griffiths to make that judgement of your judgement. I would be lying though if I did not tell you that the jury is still out on that one for me
HH
Need a bit of advice guys.
I will be in Vienna next weekend and am looking for somewhere (District 1?) to watch the Aberdeen game.
I’ve had a look at Celtic Bars and have got some names from there but, from past experience, it’s not always accurate.
Would appreciate any suggestions.
HH
SpanishJohn
Billybhoy05
thanks for reply.
I’m going to leave it as some harmony has been restored to CQN.
Having read back you’ve been under the cosh a little too. Glad to see that has abated.
Did you enjoy your beach walk?
SFTBs
The banner said:
A MAN MUST BE A CELT ON AND OFF THE FIELD OTHERWISE HE IS OF NO VALUE TO THIS CLUB
We have posted an pic of the banner on the http://www.facebook.com/cqnmagazine and there is a debate raging over there with opinions split and with perhaps a small majority against the GB…
Awe naw,
Oh aye,the jury is out.
I confidently predict Griffiths will hammer in goals galore next season
Stokes is playing brilliantly with the assistance he is getting from him too.
Awe naw
The calibre of posters arguing politics, multi tasking??
Really? ;-)
I know I wouldn’t be able to listen to a Celtic game and post at the same time……too busy eradicating my nails :-)
HH PC67
Is that right ? ….. Dave king back in SA court for not paying taxes AGAIN …. If so, the bhuns can forget him altogether ….. This gets better every day…
john o’neill
O.K. Maverick
I’ll do just that and won’t push my hidden agenda, especially while Celtic are actually playing.
winning captains
Thanks for the heads up but I do not do Facebook
Pretty sure Leigh Griffiths knows now his responsibilities to the club and the supporters.
This guy can be a legend for Celtic.
Good to see the “Submarinos Celtic” banner to the fore in the Villareal match tonight v Barca.
Tricoloured
That is with the greatest respect a testament to your dropping acceptable standards rather than a proper comparison.
I confidently predict that neither of them will get a gig in any league in the top 5 in their playing careers.
HH
HH
lennybhoy…supporting the dam 5, neil lennon, wee oscar knox, and cfc until i die
19:23 on 27 April, 2014
Two reasons why to avoid “teams who have to win” like Fulham
1) that issue is factored into their price, and
2) they have to win now because they have not done so on other occasions
Winning money is the hardest game in the world .
The best strikers I have seen have seen in my lifetime at Celtic Park are Henrik and a close second is Frank McAvennie. In the centenary year he was outstanding .
pedrocaravanachio67
20:26 on27 April, 2014
Really when we are twenty something points ahead and have the league wrapped up weeks ago. Not good for your health mate. Really not.
HH
Bourne
Oops it would seem you jumped the gun :-)
We are a peculiar group here on CQN.
People throw their toys, no not toys, rattles, out the cot because someone expresses a different personal, political, philosophical position.
While we are castigating a player for making a fool of himself, physically harming no one, we are ignoring the glorification on a banner of someone who personally ordered, supervised and carried out the execution of many innocent people in Cuba.
Like football consistency is a prized, but often fleeting attribute.
The hartz odds today were a gift imo.
HH
squire danaher
20:30 on 27 April, 2014
Cannot argue with that mate and I do indeed know how hard it is to win money.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Derek McInnes manager of the year.
Awe naw
10 points behind or 30 points ahead, disnae matter…….
Are u a doctor? ;-)
Enjoy the rest of your evening, off to watch Barca.
HH PC67
Tricoloured Ribbon
20:19 on
No he’s no relation mate but he did live next door to my mum for over 10 years and everyone thought we were related as a result.
Awe Naw
Do I think and expect that on a Celtic blog during a Celtic game that most posts should be about Celtic?
Yes.
Eveniing all,, drink consumed.
Griffiths played very well today as did Stokes. Off the park both seem to be a touch loutish. Neither convicted of anything though. Yet. Griffiths seems a potentially bigger problem and I wonder at the wisdom of signing him. He clearly decides the support for reasons that are not to do with his ability and that is unsatisfactory. I don’t want racist bigots playing for Celtic but is he either, both or none of these things. I do nor know.
For me he is in the proverbial last chance saloonn. Anything else happens – or is revealed to have happened since he signed for Celtic – that contradicts what we like think we are about. GHTF.
But screw the nut and grow up son. You might just be home.
Jimbo67 supporting and praying for Oscar Knox