Breaking news! Craig Whyte agrees to sell his shares for £1*!!!
So the story goes. The * is important. *He’s agreed to sell his shares for £1 if a CVA is agreed. Coincidentally, this decision comes a day after Ticketus inform journalists (and perhaps Mr Whyte’s briefs) that they will sue the Rangers owner for £27m.
Of course, if a CVA is agreed, Ticketus still own the tickets for the next three seasons they bought from Rangers in the early months of Whyte’s tenure. They therefore cannot pursue Craig Whyte. Get a CVA – get Ticketus’ lawyers off your case.
Channel 4’s very well informed, Alex ‘Tomo’ Thompson, who appears to have spoken to Mr Whyte tonight, reminds us all of the crux of the matter:
“And then that leaves the floating charge Mr Whyte has over Rangers – effectively another large separate financial stake in the club and I can reveal this is still to be negotiated away somehow. This is where the tough-talk has still very much to be done.”
Despite the headlines, it appears that Craig Whyte remains….. The Only Show in Town. He’ll assist a CVA but the “tough-talk” over the stadium, his real asset, has still to take place.
Let’s not mention the chances of getting a CVA past HMRC.
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Paul67 – Meant to post earlier, but well done tonight. I thought that you came across measured and not reactionary. I thought the sound was a bit funny, sort of echoey. It was as if you were on the pan nonchalantly referring to notes that you had prepared. Unperturbed. I thought that they ended your participation a bit prematurely after realising that you were not the internet bampot they were expecting!
That was my 1st time listening to shortbread and I thought that the studio came across badly. Like a pack of wild dogs trying to establish the pecking (pecker ;-) order. Made Slug & co seem positively competent!
You still had time to put out another measured post which reiterates the pertinent points that cannot be dismissed.
HH tae ye!
ps. If that had been me on the radio earlier I would be 3 sheets to the wind by now!!! :-)
The bould Hector’s bhoys….. Tá ár lá anois on 10 May, 2012 at 23:01 said:
How can anyone claim to be so sure it was an innocent slip of the tongue by C.Young.
How the heck do you know for certain…?
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I was talkin to Mystic Meg
Must admit.
Tonight was one of those very special nights. One of those nights that come along once in a lifetime.
Thai Tims at the concert hall.
What a night.
Proud to be a Tim and proud for my son and me to have been a very small part of this evening.
Thank you Thai Tims.
RIP Reamonn Gormley
Hail! Hail!
MWD
knoxy2000 eating Jelly and Ice Cream and supporting Neil Lennon on 10 May, 2012 at 23:07 said:
The bould Hector’s bhoys….. Tá ár lá anois on 10 May, 2012 at 23:01 said:
How can anyone claim to be so sure it was an innocent slip of the tongue by C.Young.
How the heck do you know for certain…?
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I was talkin to Mystic Meg
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Do I understand this correctly?
Has the BBC tape been doctored to remove the brief reference to kill?
Is getting Whyte’s shares like winning the bingo on the Titanic just before the iceberg comes into view?
praecepta
The stories that people have on here must have about what our parents, grandparents etc, went through and not only survived but flourished should be collected and turned into a book.
Saw camilla Parker Bowles at the bbc weather. A real disappointment for all fans of cat and Judith. I think I would even admit to preferring Sean batty
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 10 May, 2012 at 23:01 said:
Strange Declans not abt while Kojo’s in hospital!! Just saying like!!
or Kojak…or singing detective……or Sammi……need I go on……….
Big Nan
Yes…..
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=9002&cpage=1#comment-1418257
On this link……it’s been edited.
Night U ALL
HaiL HaiL
P67
The best bit about your performance tonight is your apparent inability to get riled or fall in to any of their blatantly set ‘traps’
‘So Paul if you ruled the world…’
When Chick and the like revert to their faux reasonable/ passive aggression you know you’ve got them…
Great work!
Just back from the Concert Hall. Wow!
Absolutely fantastic night.
Wonderful stuff from everyone involved.
My goodness, even these hard, old eyes began to water a bit when the kids were on.
Can’t say enough about it.
So proud of my club tonight. So proud of our fans.
Roll on Sunday when we’ll see them at h/t.
SPF
praecepta on 10 May, 2012 at 22:42 said: ……………….
His men (all Irish) were a specialist squad and comprised; 2 men on the inside of the hull (who positioned the plate that spread the red-hot rivet) – 2 men (with tongs) caught the rivet and lined it up with the hole and the apprentice that kept the brazier going. He was the foreman that swung the sledgehammer and drove the rivets home daily with precision…………..
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The guy with the tongs was called a ‘Hodder-on’.
Not too difficult to work out why.
I knew many of them.
They were nearly all severely hard of hearing,.. not surprisingly.
It was not pleasant work.
How many men worked at H&W shipyard?
Big Nan + the other Bhoys who have replied to my post:
I have worked on and off for 10+ years with an ex-Stevens of Linthouse guy – he went into the yards aged 14 (straight from a walk) – the bitterest of individuals its been my misfortune to meet. Their present-day trades and ancillary work have deep roots all traceable to H&W and sectarianism,
Bould Hector
Like most little cowards .. You won’t get any response to confronting the likes of ..(wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of a mention)
Just scroll on … I do as my impression is that he is a wee tadger…a certain bottle merchant.
Ahhh ….the Sleekit turd crawled back from whence hit came….
Apologies to the blog.
Back to lurking in peace.
MacA……,
Only one, my da, hemtold
Me
He built all the big iron boats himself :0)
Cheers Cultsbhoy.
Hail Hail
Just in and catching up.
To clarify a few things said earlier – the SPL rules on transferring a share have not changed yet. The meeting took no decision and it will be disacussed again on 30th.
If the clubs agree to amend the Articles then the clubs will make the decision rather than the Board. I don’t see why this should be seen as a matter needing only 8 clubs to support it. I have e-mailed Mr Doncaster seeking clarification but have had no reple.
I recorded the programme on BBC ALBA tonight, and was totally gobsmacked as Paul Lennon’s wonderful story behind the formation of THE THAI TIMS unfolded………
I was nearly in tears, and utterly gobsmacked, at this wonderful initiative, supported by the Celtic Charity Foundation…..and will be finding out how I can contribute…….
Slightly surprised (although I shouldn’t really be) that the Scottish Media have not helped to promote this initiative by giving Paul some publicity (they have, in fact, totally ignored it) ……..in any other Country….!!!!!!?
Anyway, it only serves to reinforce every Celtic Fan’s commitment to our wonderful Club……
GOD BLESS PAUL BRENNAN, AND WELL DONE BBC ALBA !!!!!!!!!!
There is no more fascinating sight than watching a orange/yellow-hot rivet being thrown, caught, inserted and then flattened, as if it were plasticene by a riveting gun. The whole process takes less than a minute and leaves a shiny blue/black steel fastner that is a picture to behold.
The downside of this is that if you have had the privilege then you are as old as the hills.
Would loved to have seen the Thai Tims performing. The wee videos on youtube are great to watch.
As my luck would have it, they appeared in Belfast just after we headed off to london :-(
Neil Canamalar
My old bhoy was a scaffolder.. But he managed to build heaps of things bin Scotland including Forth Rd Bridge, Stirling Uni, several Multi-storey buildings… Before heading off to run the oil industry offshore from various rigs….at least that’s what he told me.
He must have bumped in to your da at some point as they trotted around building Scotland…
:-)
Knozy2000
I’m looking forward to seeing the Thai Tims on Sunday.
I’ll be getting into the ground early to see the show.
Knoxy2000, apologies, mis-spelling your name!
Craig whytes xx’s used to sing this to him. ADULT STUFF but funny!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjzolqJwgY&feature=related
Paul67
Measured tones on Shortbread , keep flying the flag in the correct mode.
The manoeuvring to allocate the blame for Dignity’s liquidation continues apace, with Craigy now selling up (haha). I suspect that early next week there will be a last minute attempt to blame HMRC (failure to agree CVA) and SFA (no guarantees over football license) , as reasons for the failure of the new bidders. This will play out for a week or so, with Duff £ Phelps , desperate for the FTT and HMRC winding them up…… I suspect they will have a long wait…….
…… as you stated this evening, the SPL 30 May 2012 meeting must be given some guidance as to the alledged double contracts and whatever dodgy deals Craigy was about to, in order to come to a measured conclusion on punishments on Dignity. I suspect that Doncaster is watching his own back and his statements are designed to keep his body parts attached to his body, however he is taking it too far now, words in private are required and pressure brought to bear on expediting the enquiries.
My suspicion is that the Harper Macleod enquiry is being hampered by a lack of co-operation from Duff £ Phelps lawyers …….. We need a preliminary statement on this matter…. My view is that if the findings are nuclear then the SFA will be required to intervene either to suspend , withdraw Dignity’s football license, as well as suspensions on ex-Dignity office bearers.
I appreciate everyone is obfuscating to avoid blame but the time is now right for the football authorities to provide a ledad.
Chillpillcfc
67Heaven – That’s not the first time that I have heard positive comments about BBC Alba. I would really have loved to have seen that! Are you aware if they do I-Player type archives?
The meeja have missed a wonderful opportunity -as have some schools grrr – to highlight a positive and successful charity doing amazing work.
I have sent a wee letter of thanks to King Bhumibol Adulyadej to say how proud we are of the Thai Tims.
HH
CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on 10 May, 2012 at 23:27 said:
My faither built Paisley Piazza (now that is class) and The Clyde Tunnel. My wife’s old man built Glasgow Airport.
Some men.
my mate and I ….Rangers fan at the time.. but he has grown up…… used to play spot the mason when we went to meetings…..guaranteed every meeting on the yards we got the handshake……..we were a couple of daft boys at the time… didn’t always manage to keep a straight face when we looked at each other both thinking the same thing………..spot the mason!! got the dumb look from the guy oblivious to the joke on more than one occassion…………………..
Big Nan
As old as the hills, good saying is that.
My Gran, god rest her, the saying she always said that got me when I was a wean.
I’m as old as my tongue, but a wee bit older than my teeth.
P67 …… You have the patience of a saint…….they were obviously intent on interrupting you repeatedly while you were answering their stupid / gobbledeguke questions….and it was obviously orchestrated / rehearsed, since all 3 of the fuds were at it …… I would have ended up being a wee bit abrupt with them ……
“eh, would you mind waiting until I get to the ‘full stop’ ”
Well done to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE EXILED TIM on 10 May, 2012 at 23:32 said:
Big Nan
As old as the hills, good saying is that.
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Aye and needin ma bed.
Night all. H.H.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 10 May, 2012 at 23:19 said:
“About half of them” is the response and that from their own mouths.
Although born within the shadow of H&W I never set foot in the place until I was 48yrs old and that was to work on the set of a film.
First day there, got out of the car and promptly relieved my bladder beside the Thompson dock. The Ardoyne guy with me couldn’t believe what he saw as he knew that isn’t the sort of person I am,but
after I explained to him how I grew up hearing the stories of how my father’s uncles were battered out the place around the time the so called ship of dreams was being built he understood where I was coming from . Damn the place.
Praecepta,
One of your granda’s workmates in John Brown’s during WW1 would have been the immortal Patsy Gallagher. Many footballers were deployed in industry at the time.
Willie Maley’s autobiography relates that Patsy’s time-keeping was not wonderful, …to the extent that he was given a football suspension by the SFA for his heavy-headedness.
I kid you not.
Surely Peerless Patsy must be unique in achieving such a sanction.
Plus ca change.
macanbheatha on 10 May, 2012 at 23:16 said:
How many men worked at H&W shipyard?
No idea – but seem to recall a figure of 2500+ at the height (might have been their group staff).
Funnily enough – of all the Tims I know with yard connections all worked on the northside of the river; Brown’s, Yarrows and even Dennys.
My mate’s father was a manager at Dennys – he was an Episcopalian and had no problems employing RC’s. :-)
Lads any idea why D&P wanted this done by the weekend ?