Demonising liquidation carries risk

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I didn’t hear the scores of other games this weekend until today when I read a red card protest (remember the day Celtic fans gave birth to this concept?) occurred at Ibrox to demonstrate disapproval to any potential new owner who plans to liquidate Rangers.

It would be preferable to everyone if Rangers paid their bills, restoring a degree of dignity, although apparently no one is offering to do this.  Publicly bidders for the club will all confirm their preference is to exit administration via a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).  Offering pennies in the pound for a company is unquestionably a great deal, for the buyer, but whoever is nominated as preferred bidder this week is likely to have a serious option to liquidate the club.

Demonising the liquidation option carries risks for Rangers fans.  Short of raising considerably more money than they have thus far and paying their bills, there is little fan power can do right now.  If liquidation is the best option for creditors it will happen, better to accept the reality of the situation.  Whatever the resulting phoenix club is called, if the new owners inherit animosity from the start it will only diminish the potential of their new club.

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  1. TSD

     

     

    I have made a promise not to get involved with tedious exchanges with you. Your post of 21.05 tonight contains so many factual inaccuracies, as opposed to errors of opinion, that you might better spend time addressing the points raised by Buddy Morrissey in his reply.

     

     

    As to your last accusation of lies, please read a little more carefully. I do not and would not accuse Pope Benedict of having been a Nazi. In common with all boys in his position, he was conscripted into the Hitler Youth. As far as I know he was not enthusiastic about them but he did not actively resign the position. I don’t believe there is any great moral failing in that omission. He has more serious charges to answer as an adult in his handling of clerical child abuse than he has in this period of his life.

     

     

    Enough tedium. Please try a bit harder to think rigorously before jumping at errors you imagine you have read.

  2. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Jist Ed.

     

     

    Hiya, ye lang loast Palomine???

     

     

    Noo.. jist a Cotton Pickin’ Minute, Pal..

     

     

    Jist when Ah hid goat ma Naggin Curiosity. .well.. Suitably satisfied..and De or is it.. Un Nagged…??

     

     

    You come alang.. and Set Ma Mind Aflame, wi..

     

    DOUBT?

     

     

    General Caulfield??

     

     

    Hmmm

     

     

    This calls fur further Investigation.. AH Fear.

     

     

    Kojo

     

    yer pal.. who always likes ye.. and You know it.

     

     

    Still, Laughin,of course… though.

  3. More lies from SFTB…..The Holy Father was never a member of the Nazi Party…

     

    He was enlisted as a member of the Hitler Youth,as were all boys of his age,and did not have the option to refuse

     

     

    Gunter Grasse…The Darling Poet of the

     

    the Vile East German regime…

     

     

    Aye,right enough….

     

     

    Just a pity he spoiled his image recently,when he let slip that he served in the Waffen SS during WWII…

     

     

    One is not enlisted to serve in the SS,one has to volunteer,and then must pass exacting racial criteria…

     

     

    And ,of course,Mr Grasse has just been banned from visiting Israel,after his most recent anti-semitic statements…

     

     

    Yet another one of your Commie icons bites the dust….

     

     

    Away and hide in an Iberian Cave..

     

     

    Right,Virginia…?

  4. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Gordybhoy

     

     

    Ah kin answer ye question. with Confidence..pal.

     

     

    The Best..and Probably the most Inexpensive Casino Hotel..

     

     

    is.. Ineluctably..

     

     

    The Stratosphere..

     

     

    Ah hivnae checked, lately . but.. their Room Rates.. Checked oot

     

    a fee Months ago.. in the Forty.. Bucks range.. at the week end.

     

    and Cheaper. during the Week..

     

     

    Check oot thur Prices,yersel. oan line

     

     

    The Stratosphere Casino.

     

     

    It is oan the strip.. near Downtown..

     

     

    It is an Excellent Hotel.. Don’t let the Inexpensive Price Range. fool ye..

     

     

    Kojo

     

    yer pal.. who likes ye aloater

     

     

    Still, Laughin’

  5. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Can’t help but laugh at fascists trying to distance themselves from the nazi’s

  6. sftb

     

     

    Thanks for a very considered post.

     

     

    I do not have a problem with EU, never have done and never will do.

     

     

    He is what he is, and I agree the beliefs forged when you are young are a strong bond to break.

     

     

    Now I really do not have a clue what happened many years ago at the club re the child thing, the inference is not good, but as it has never been proven, I will reserve judgement, in saying that, if it were proven, I would be disgusted at any cover up, and yes I would re evaluate my stance, child abuse, imo is the worst sin that I could ever imagine.

     

     

    If the club were to embark on a no pay policy, fair enough, it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for us, unless they get what should be coming to them that is, and then no way.

     

     

    If the club decide on a sectarian policy, I’m gone, end of, we are what we are, open to all.

     

     

    I’m sorry if my posts came across anti EU, not the way they were intended.

     

     

    My problem is with posters fawning and cooing over him.

     

     

    ED is a rankers supporter, he has admited in the past he has sung the songs, sorry if I am wrong there, but I do remember him saying that, but he has since re thought his ways, fair enough, we can all change our ways.

     

     

    I am what I am, and I do remember saying you were the best poster on the blog, imo you are, you talk the most sence, you are never really contriversial, you think things through and post them as you see them.

     

     

    I’m sorry if I offended tonight, not my intent.

     

    ED, not a problem with you, just the club you support.

  7. Denis Healey felt he had been savaged by a dead sheep.

     

     

    I feel like i have been skelped by a feather duster.

     

     

    A butterfly is a beautiful creature.

     

     

    A butterfly mind, however, is an unfortunate affliction.

  8. gordybhoy64 on 9 April, 2012 at 23:51 said: …………….

     

     

    E/w terms for 5 places should indeed pay 3/4 of the 8.25/1 place price.

     

    6.18/1.

     

     

    Something wrong somewhere.

     

     

    Good luck.

  9. jungle jam67 on 9 April, 2012 at 23:54 said:

     

     

    They are the luckiest team ever and Scotland is the Huns and they will never be allowed to go under by the establishment.

  10. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Gallagher. Luv that Name!!

     

     

    Thanks fur yer input,palomine..

     

    Nice of ye te tak the Time…

     

     

    Ah hope that You are Correct.. but, Ed..jist Threw

     

    a Knuckle Ball..and

     

     

    Noo. Ah dinnae know Whit tae believe..

     

     

    Thanks, anyway,pal..

     

     

    Kojo

     

    yer pal..who likes ye aloater..

     

     

    Still.. Laughin’

  11. Kilbowie Kelt,

     

    aye the problem is bookies now have too many staff in shops

     

    who have never settled a bet in their lives

  12. skyisalandfill on

    Anyone fancy a poppy’s debate?

     

     

    Haven’t read every post but TET’s uncompromising stance re EU ( who I remember from the old 606 forum) and the resultant comment made me think..

     

     

    Is the blog open to those of persuasions that are not Celtic?

     

     

    Should contributors who support another team be vilified, tolerated or treated on their own personal merits?

     

     

    Can Commons remain as the single most important contribution to the Celtic attack?

     

     

    HH

     

     

    SIALF

  13. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Kojak..

     

     

    Ah hivnae Furgoatten ye ,pal

     

     

    Ah hiv bin fairly busy..

     

     

    Look.. Ah hiv bin oan her fur.. neigh on.. Seven or.is it Eight Years..

     

    Ah hiv managed tae survive.. and Hivnae Changed even

     

    Wan o’ Ma Spots!

     

     

    So.. Awe the Moaning and complainning that Ah receive.. noo and a Gain..

     

     

    Are Just water aff ma .. Fur!

     

     

    Good, fur you tae Gie Me Support, Ah declare.

     

     

    Ah appreciate it,pally..

     

     

    Kojo

     

    yer pal…who thinks ye. a cookin’ wi’ Gas.

     

     

    Still Laughin’

  14. The Mighty Quinn on

    First post from a long time lurker. Been a very happy Easter weekend and as the Championship celebrations move into day 4 my attention is turning to Hampden on Sunday. As they do, memories of our semi final against the same opponents 7 years ago come to the fore and I so hope that Neil picks the right team to ensure the match outcome is exactly the same this time around.

     

     

    Here’s to the double!

     

     

    HH

     

     

    TMQ

  15. TET

     

     

    You did not offend me. We just disagreed on a minor matter. It’s hard on a blog to get across your meaning. Some eejit thinks I have commie icons.

     

     

    Kurt Vonnegut recently described the Bush/Fox network view on democracy with this fine quote:-

     

     

    “I have wanted to give Iraq a lesson in democracy — because we’re experienced with it, you know. And, in democracy, after a hundred years, you have to let your slaves go. And, after a hundred and fifty years, you have to let your women vote. And, at the beginning of democracy, is that quite a bit of genocide and ethnic cleansing is quite okay. And that’s what’s going on now. “

  16. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    I hope we give wee rangers the respect they deserve at the weekend?? NONE!!!!!!! Turn them over CELTIC!!!!

  17. gordybhoy64 on 10 April, 2012 at 00:11 said:

     

     

    Kilbowie Kelt,

     

    aye the problem is bookies now have too many staff in shops

     

    who have never settled a bet in their lives

     

    _______________________

     

    I suppose there is no real downside in that situation, Gordy.

     

    If you don’t get enough, you can soon point out the error of their ways.

     

    Of course, if you get paid too much, it would be rude to cause a fuss.

     

    :¬)))

  18. TSD

     

     

    No hiding here in my Iberian cave, btw, no need to hide, just a retreat from hun land, where I can wear what I want without feeling threatened.

     

     

    You should try it sometime, it’s a great release, freedom…….

  19. hen1rik on 10 April, 2012 at 00:08 said:

     

     

    We will all have to wait and see what goes down.

     

    At the end of the day HMRC and all the creditors want payed but the FTT verdict has got to be sorted either way.

     

    And when the legal crew are in the dark then no one will touch them with a barge pole.

     

    Even if they manage to crawl on ,they will need to cut costs and run at a lower cash level than Celtic

     

    My 1 hope is they go down an you and Kev can move into a brave new world

     

     

    Jam67

     

    Havingapartywhenthehunsdiex csc

  20. My dear, dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective..

     

     

    A Thoosand and Wan.. Thanks, fur ye sterling and unwaverin’ support.. which,

     

    at times, hiz. bordered oan… Being…

     

     

    Way, Way, Beyond the Faur Horizon!

     

     

    Ah wiz gonna say.. Blue Horizon.. but, Ah thought bettah

     

    o’ that!

     

     

    Honestly,pally..

     

     

    Are We hivin’ Fun Yet???

     

     

    Ah hope . that YOU UR..

     

     

    Fur Ah soitenly.. am!

     

     

    Kojo

     

    yer pal.. who thinks ye are the Greatest..

     

     

    Still , Laughin’

  21. Don’t pay any attenshun tae.. they Guys who.. are

     

    The Doberman’s o this Site..

     

     

    That is whit Ah call them..

     

     

    Attack Dugs.. thae Ur.. and Nothing Gets them Going like

     

    a spot of Capitalism Being Mooted and Booted , oan this Site

     

     

    They have a Pavlovian Response tae that Term…

     

     

    Capitalism!

     

     

    They canny help it.. and Their immediate Response.. is always

     

    a source o’ Great fun.. as Faur as Ah am concerned ,Anyway.

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    ******************

     

    Kojo you may mean me…….. maybe not … I’m not sure, Ive said that I dont like youre fascist comments….. but the Celtic comments are sound and valid…

     

    Now my Celtic friend of many colours you’re Kojo blogname you deliberately post to wind up the Celts……. I understand you do that for attention, remember i was the person that said that years ago…… so whats the end game have you come too far

     

    Are you enjoying the craic?

     

    Vmhan who likes the craic ……. not youre nazi shit.

  22. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    T M Q

     

     

    Wecome aboard. Pity uv picked a night when the big boys are slaggin one another off!! Boring or what????

  23. Kilbowie Kelt,

     

    the bet wasnt mine it was Praeceptas,

     

    he commented earlier how low his payout was

     

    i was just passing on my advice on what he should

     

    have received,worked for the bookies all my days

     

    so see problems on a regular basis

  24. Everyone on their dabs this week? What a funny bunch we are!

     

    I’m on my last can before work tomorrow and log on to see WW3 taking place.

     

    Jeezo, don’t rain on my parade!!!!

     

    ———————————————————-

     

    “Kojo – Wan o’ Ma pals,wiz contemplating Buying the wee Newsagent and General Store..that wiz fur Sale ,in the Village Center.”

     

    ——————————–

     

    Kojo, my bro kinda runs that place these days. Wish it had been him that told you it wud only take a half hour to FW! :-) Having said that, if it was him it would have turned into a Scottish version of Deliverance! :-)))))

     

     

    AoW

  25. sftb

     

    Kurt Vonnegut, he wrote a book called Swimmer in the Secret Sea, well if it wasn’t him it should have been :>)

     

    Read him when I were a lad.

     

    ………………………………………

     

    I still see some are taking bits of my posts and adding things up and not the way intended.

     

    Fair enough.

  26. .

     

     

    EdwardUrsus..

     

     

    and The Blog..

     

     

    Please accept my Humblest Apologies..I Sincerely don’t know why l posted that Never mind Directing it to You..

     

     

    I Have reread it a Few times and it is Anger 19yr in the Making..That can never be Use as a Excuse..But l feel i need to Make some sort of Explanation for it..

     

     

    Edward l have had the Craic with You many many Times as 001Bhoy also SoS..

     

     

    Today l have to do something l should have done a long time ago..

     

     

    sorry Bhoys i’m to Upset to Fisnish this..

     

     

    Owen

  27. My Dear,Dear Kojo…

     

     

    Some folks jist cannae handle the truth..

     

     

    I doubt that 1% of CQNers would be aware that Abe Lincoln founded the Republican Party..or that MLK was a life-long Republican…

     

     

    Just shows you the power and complete bias of the MSM here,and it’s no better over in the UK…

     

     

    Wall-to-Wall Pravda…

     

     

    Dontcha Think ?

     

     

     

    Yer pal,who thinks yer the Cat’s Whiskers

  28. Auld Neil Lennon heid on

    Setting Free The bears

     

     

    “I’d like to think I’d be even handed but I strongly suspect I would rationalise a way to make me less guilty while still opposing what I know to be wrong.”

     

     

    I heard a Redemptionist Father say that there was a theory that human beings were “wired” towards doing good. It was a consequence of being made in God’s image.

     

     

    This being the case the way that we do wrong is to convince ourselves through rationalisation that we are doing what is right. On such a basis are wars fought and blood spilt.

     

     

    I think there is a lot to the theory and it helps understand when another person does what we perceive to be wrong.

     

     

    On some issues the moral argument is clear and the consequences of the wrong thinking (the justification) do not take long to manifest themselves. In other cases it can take years, during which time the consequences unfold at a steady and unstoppable rate. Its as if life is designed in such a way as to allow free will to act but teach through the consequences what works and what does’nt. (its called reality.) The consequences of what works are generally pleasant and so encourage more of the same behaviour, the consequences of what does not work are usually painful and discourage a repeat of the wrong behaviour.

     

     

    Just taking what has happened at Rangers since SDM took over is a great example. The lesson is that it is best to be ethical and uphold moral values and if that lesson is ignored it will be more pain until there is some gain (in understanding) and a change to adopt ethical values or die.

  29. Rascar Capac on 10 April, 2012 at 00:31 said:

     

     

    Is everyone still pished?

     

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    I thought it was just me and I’d logged onto the wrong site! :-))))

     

    HH

     

    Aow

     

     

    ps. The Singing Detective – Am I supposed to be outraged at your comments? You’re worse that the cheapest of hacks looking for a reaction. Boring zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

  30. sftb

     

     

    Wasn’t yer man. it was William Koszwinkle who wrote it.

     

    Read Slaughterhouse 5 when I were a lad, too many books that slaughtered the brain.