The man who wants to be chairman of Rangers International, Dave King, said over the weekend:
“In particular I see a present need to utilise the time we have over the next few seasons to be prepared, both financially and on the pitch, to compete with our Glasgow neighbours when we get back (sic) to the top League.”
Therein lies the problem. Oldco Rangers under David Murray were driven, “10-in-a-row and two European Cups” was the target Terry Butcher attributed to his former employer. They lived in someone else’s shadow but needed to think of themselves as superior. As a consequence, they lost everything.
Now the same crew at it again. “Compete with our Glasgow neighbours”. Why not just live within your means? Be as good as you can be, run your affairs in an ethical manner, whether you win, lose or draw? Spend the early years of Newco trying to compete with Celtic and the only thing you’ll achieve is a pervading sense of failure.
The Battle for the Blazer, AKA the bid by King to persuade the SFA that despite the enormous evidence to the contrary, he is Fit and Proper to be a director of a Scottish football team is surely pointless. Rangers International don’t need King as a director, all they need is his money, or anyone’s money. King doesn’t need to be a director to exact effective control over the club, all he needs to do is appoint proxies. The SFA must issue the JP McEnroe retort, “You cannot be serious?”
My apologies if King’s target is Partick Thistle.
Celtic’s Iron Man:
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Bobby – my point, in response to Cultsbhoy, was that maybe the club are already committed to a strategy which will take us out of our current environment. IF they are, then how do they implement that behind the scenes and keep the fans onside at the same time? Hmmm!
Also, regarding them being focussed on income, don’t forget how many fans wanted them to fork out £6M for a striker with probable £4M wages this summer. Where’s that money coming from?
T4
greenyinfurrafenian
12:48 on 14 October, 2013
‘ernie
the common silver fir? the deodar cedar?’
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Those are not native species.
10 years ago you would have advocated growing larch.
I doubt you’d be doing that today.
I was going to have another rant at the board for the silence on the cheating of sevco and friends….but seeing they are well aboard the good ship Old firm and don’t care who knows it…whats the point.
I will say though..that this board is just the same as the old biscuit tin mob, worse if the rumours are true, and if they want to help the very same peepul, have who spent their whole lives hating us….well, carry on
This isn’t the Celtic I knew and loved.
You can keep yer Old Firm, and ram it.
HH
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
12:27 on
14 October, 2013
GMS
Nobody mentioned religion until you. The discussion was about Masons nothing else.
———–catholic birthrate in NI? Leading to catholic NI?