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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EDWARD URSUS
Like a great many people who only read Saturday’s blog when we’d sobered up,I was shocked at the reaction to your post.
As a Kilwinning lad-as you may remember-the majority of my friends follow your team.
The majority of them are,undoubtedly,a bunch of huns.
But only in a group……….
Your congratulations were most welcome,as was the sight of your moniker on the blog once more.
My friends were equally gracious.
There is nothing wrong,IMO,in being a Rangers supporter,it is merely an accident of birth.
There is a slight difference though in how you represent your club-some people on Saturday let us down with their reaction to your post,again IMO.
C’est la vie,double malts on me in The Eglinton or Crown next time I’m home?
Philbhoy
Yeah it did go a wee bit quiet there:)
Teuchter
Take care.
Teuchter…..
I fancy it might liven up a bit any time now.
Summaofsammi :- You say I’m a hun, fair enough the first post I made on this site was under the name KilwinkieHun so no disagreement on that.
I don’t get the smiling assassin reference so can’t comment on what I don’t ken.
If you disagree with some comment I have made on the Famine song then please let me know what it was and I’ll do my best to explain my thoughts.
I do love football though as I’ve pointed out over the past couple of seasons it’s been at a non senior level where I both spectate and try to help keep youth and amateur teams keep going with my time and money, can you say you do the same for football?
The gritted teeth comment I alluded to earlier, it was a light hearted comment, do you expect me to come on and say I’m ecstatic my teams biggest rivals have lifted the title?
Why should I apologise? I’ve never cheated Celtic or been responsible for any shenanigans that did.
Your last line is a complete non sequiter as I don’t see how you keeping company with a wife beater and rapist reflects on me in any way, I can only imagine it was meant as some kind of insult, if so it has failed. He was your acquaintance not mine.
Hi Edward. Welcome back again.
If you are looking for ice-cream and jelly for the grandkids give me a shout and I will sell you what I have left….. Double what I paid obviously!! :-)
Edward
It’s ‘sequitur’ – dear oh dear. You know I’m joking – hope you’re well.
kojo
i read an article in either TIME or The Telegraph,I forget which,that said that the average rate of Corporation Tax in the US hovered around 11%.
Sorry if that is obscenely high in your opinion,but people on minimum wage pay more than that.
Of course,they can’t afford well-paid accountants and lawyers who can demonstrate how to take advantage of the incredibly stupid and lax loopholes in the legislation created by,erm,well-paid accountants and lawyers.
Let them die!
Watched the highlights last night for first time, had tears in my eyes at the pictures of Neil Lennon at the end.
God Bless Neil Francis Lennon.
Edward,
The posts i’ve read of yours are more balanced and fair than some i read on here from folks professing to be Celtic fans.
There’s not many of your fellow bluenoses i know would congratulate us on anything so fair play to you.
Looking forward to your continued contributions to the blog.
I’ve got a big tub of Mackie’s Strawberry Indulgence.If your grandkids are desperate send to the Port and i’ll see them alright for ice cream.;-)
Summa of Sammi…. on 9 April, 2012 at 15:40:
If anything, it seems like your judgement is in question.
Edward Ursus,
You come on this site and leave no one in any doubt where your allegiances lie, you don’t pretend to be something your not.
You come on here (and quite naturally through gritted teeth) compliment Celtic on winning the league, and giving all and sundry a chance to have a pop at you when your team are mince, just lost the title and are up to their neck in financial doo-doo.
Nothing there to suggest you are a hun in my opinion.
On the great “Ban the hun for life/ Welcome back” debate regarding Edward Ursus, can somebody put my name against the ‘welcome back’ column.
very suprised SoS…
Ed.
Hope you are in good health.
Your posts here are most revealing….
Kojo on 9 April, 2012 at 15:41
Funny,
Are you The Donald?
Or just his Trumpet?
PJ Still Laughing…
CLINKO 1536
Ye didnae.
It’s Miller,with an e.
Pedants’r’usCSA
Summa, your post to Edward is mental…..
Sometimes we all make an ar*e of it,when we do, it’s best to say so quickly and move on.
TJ
Ed
Good to have you back. You have been missed.
Edwardursus.
I also met someone one time who seemed like a nice guy and he turned out to be just that.
iki on 9 April, 2012 at 16:11
I once meet someone who seemed like a nice girl, and they turned out to be a nice boy.
Bangkok CSC
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 9 April, 2012 at 16:09 said:
CLINKO 1536
Ye didnae.
It’s Miller,with an e.
Pedants’r’usCSA
One of these days I’m gonna get something right
Edwardursus,
On another note. when TFOD does phoenix, gonnae keep Ally as manager? I think he’s great…………
BMCUW
CSA???
Is there something you’ve no told us!!!
Edward
We have never “spoken”, but I would just like to say welcome back. I value your contributions which are always interesting, intelligent and civil. Sadly, this is more than can be said for some of the Celtic supporters around here.
All the best to you.
kojo 1541
Scotland did just that IIRC with WANG in the late 90s.
We built them a state of the art production facility,free of charge,tax credits into the bargain,and they reneged at the last minute,
No cost to them.
Cost to us?
Nearly enough to bail out the huns.
Your version of capitalism seems to be somewhat one-way,in the final analysis,a little like Thatcher’s trickle-down theory.
Summa of Sammi…. on 9 April, 2012 at 15:40 said:
out of order and so much hate at this happy time…
Ed welcome back miss your post ,keep em coming…
Edward Ursus on 9 April, 2012 at 15:56 said:
Summaofsammi :- You say I’m a hun, fair enough the first post I made on this site was under the name KilwinkieHun so no disagreement on that.
I don’t get the smiling assassin reference so can’t comment on what I don’t ken.
If you disagree with some comment I have made on the Famine song then please let me know what it was and I’ll do my best to explain my thoughts.
I do love football though as I’ve pointed out over the past couple of seasons it’s been at a non senior level where I both spectate and try to help keep youth and amateur teams keep going with my time and money, can you say you do the same for football?
The gritted teeth comment I alluded to earlier, it was a light hearted comment, do you expect me to come on and say I’m ecstatic my teams biggest rivals have lifted the title?
Why should I apologise? I’ve never cheated Celtic or been responsible for any shenanigans that did.
Your last line is a complete non sequiter as I don’t see how you keeping company with a wife beater and rapist reflects on me in any way, I can only imagine it was meant as some kind of insult, if so it has failed. He was your acquaintance not mine.
…………..
As much as I love my good friend in Aus….. Edward you’re post was magnificent….. When the gers are gone please come over to the light …. Good on ye for you’re post, I would hope that my friend reflects on the post because you do not deserve that…
One love
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Was that the tv tube company that we built the state of the art factory for out Motherwell way? Or was that another company that stung us?
I was very pleased to see the red card protest by the huns because now it allows our support to continually wave red cards to remind the huns of the protest when (and you can bet they will) Newco gets established with their silly five stars on the shirt among some other embroidered show of their history still being a part of them.
The red card protest at the weekend puts to bed any notion or argument of their history carrying on,why else are they admitting liquidation is a bad thing?
Red cards? Hahahaha now shut yer gubs about yer history if your liquidated!
Red Cards
they never have any original ideas!
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 9 April, 2012 at 14:10 said:
….PFayr on 9 April, 2012 at 13:59 said:
bankiebhoy1
turd polishing
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An excuse to repost this.
What I find truly amazing about the Rangers situation is that we have one of the biggest scandals to hit Scottish football and no one is taking responsibility. Its like pass the blame parcel.
As Winston Churchill might have put it. ‘Never in the history of fiscal flim flammery has so little been known about so much by so many’.
theweegreenman-might have been Samsung?
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby on 9 April, 2012 at 16:19
What’s the chances of them incorporating the 5 stars into their new phoenix badge? Surely they wouldn’t have the brass neck for such a thing? Then again…………
blantyretim on 9 April, 2012 at 15:43 said:
mighty tim
sitting in front of big screen opposite side of room from Bhoy67…
mini and her friend with me….
BT we must have been sitting near each other. I was sitting at table left side of that screen. There was 7 of us I had a hoops top on with my surname and 50 on back it was a present from a couple of years back, need to get and counting on it. Guy at table behind me had a pair of crutches.
HH
I just had a look at some images there from Poundland at the weekend, capturing the red card protest.
IGNORE US AT YOUR PERIL and SINK US AND WE’LL SINK YOU are two of the messages on display.
I mean, you’ve got to laugh at the menacing tone. Do these jokers actually think they are in any position to call the shots?
Ed
I.too, welcome your comments on this site so take this post in that spirit.
You said : ” I am not responsible for Rangers signing policy between WW1 and Mr Johnstn nor am I responsible for the financial mismanagement and chicanery that has taken place at Ibrox in recent years so although a few folk asked I won’t apologise for either.”
Correct. You are, however, responsible for supporting the Club which dedided on those policies. Yes?
JJ
Red card for liquidation was a preposterous protest. What did they really mean? Down with that sort of thing! Bad liquidation, bad! Did Duffer and Phelps, or any of the hundred thousand potential buyers really watch that and think ‘blimey, the peasants are revolting – best not liquidate- they’ll red card us!’
It’s not just schadenfreude you know – I just keep laughing at them.
5 stars disappearing into a black hole would be an appropriate badge.
Get well soon cards