Pleased to see the Club recognised for CelticLive, the stadium WiFi and content imitative by the European Club Association. Anything which builds our profile at the ECA is welcome.
Today’s Telegraph assures us Newco Rangers chief executive, Graham Wallace, is set to leave the club with his plans to raise £4m at a pending share issue still in the balance. The newspaper further asserts the club is a “toxic brand” and is trying to secure an emergency loan from Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley.
The club, which informed the Court of Session on Friday that it had only £1.2m cash left, and last night informed the Telegraph it was losing £1m per month, requires vastly more money than the £4m they are struggling to raise in order to finish the season.
Some credit is due to the Daily Record for their splash with photo and leader, “Rangers director Sandy Easdale and a criminal wanted by Interpol tried to negotiate an Ibrox bailout yesterday”. They are reporting two years after Paul McConville’s blog initially broke the news of said Interpol-interested character, Rafat Rizvi.
Rizvi, who can take refuge in the UK as we don’t have an extradition treaty with Indonesia, is allegedly wanted for corruption, money laundering and banking crime, denies the charges, which he has already been convicted of. He should fit in quite well.
As we said at the weekend, irrespective of short-term events, the long-term fundamentals remain unchanged. The only thing to be decided is which of the characters hovering around the carcase will get to pick on the bones.
All credit to Sir David Murray.
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Morning all.
Have to agree with the comments on Johansen.
He was poor against Italy, and as South of Tunis stated he spent most of the match giving the ball away. Looked out of his depth.
He will probably start tomorrow, tho!
HH!!
lionroars67
09:21 on
11 September, 2014
For 300 years Scots have been deployed in the armies of the British Army, the British establishment owe much to the lives given, Scots have at times suffered casualties in disproportionate numbers in comparison to other parts of the Uk
Apparently it’s ok to source ships planes armoury weapons equipment from around the world
No jobs for the Scots though they don’t deserve it !
Better together … it’s clear even those unionists amongst hate is beyond reason
I have seen it claimed that in the 18th and 19th centuries yhat the Irish made up a third of the British army.
The Scotsman. Such Irony!
Editor and chief. X-Marine and Unionist all his life. It was never going to be any other way. He just had to come up with some we nice words to make it sound like his was a rational decision.
I am larfing away here so I am. mainly at the gullible.
MWD says AYE
From yesterday’s Guardian for those who like a punt..
As the independence referendum draws ever closer, the yes campaign is staging the kind of finishing-straight surge Bill Clinton made his name on. Momentum for yes is building at just the right time. The polls in April had the yes vote averaging 37%; now two recent polls put the campaigns neck and neck. With the referendum just eight days away, the outcome looks like a coin toss.
And yet the betting isn’t reflecting that. If polls were reliable, you would expect odds of about evens on both yes and no, reflecting a 50% chance of either. Instead the odds say 2/5 for no (implying a 70% chance) and 12/5 for yes (implying a 30% chance). Why are bookmakers so certain that Scotland will say no?
Graham Sharpe of William Hill explains that it’s partly about liability management. “We are facing a seven-figure loss on a no vote and a six-figure win on a yes vote so we’re trying to even that out,” he says. The momentum might be with yes, but long-term the money has been coming in for a no. “Plus a lot of people think 15% of ‘no’ voters haven’t just disappeared overnight,” says Sharpe.
The market shift in the last month towards yes is definitely significant – James Midmer of betting exchange Betfair reports that “yes was matched between 6/1 and 13/2 as recently as between 7 August and 26 August for about £50,000” – just not as pronounced as you might expect.
Mike Smithson of Political Betting is surprised that the odds aren’t more reflective of the recent polls. “It means there’s a lot of uncertainty around,” he says. He cites the “shy Tory” syndrome identified by psephologists in the 1990s – people too timid to say they were voting Tory to an opinion pollster would happily vote Tory once in the privacy of the booth. “There may be a ‘shy no’ syndrome at work in Scotland,” says Smithson.
He also identifies the strong base of elderly women voting no. “They are the most likely to vote and the least likely to change their minds,” he says. Then of course there’s that shadowy demographic: the don’t knows. Matthew Shaddick of Ladbrokes believes he has their number. “Most observers (including us) believe that undecided voters will lean toward the status quo when it gets to polling day. There is some good evidence for this from previous referenda across the world, notably the 1995 Quebec independence referendum.”
So polls don’t ever tell the full story. Shy nos, don’t knows and bookmaker liability management are all muddying the waters. And elderly women may just be the most important demographic of all. We need an established authority to make sense of it all. Where are you when we need you, Patronising BT Lady?
Nat Know
I think it is fine for everyone to have contingency plans.
The suggestion is that operations and jobs will all be moving south.
This is poor in my opinion
will The Scotsman have to change it’s name?
No one knows where the jobs will go if it’s a yes vote, but right now they are safe as it is, if it changes?
MWD
I do, I have been telling porkies about living abroad, some may call it dreaming >}
I remember that about yer man living in england, if the shoe fits Eh.
HH
A question for the “no” voters.
If you have your way,who would you prefer to be running your lives after the next general election,Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage?
Or will you be happy to retain Cameron,Osbourne,Clegg or maybe even wee Milliband?
TD67
Genuine question, no altrerior motive
What jobs ?
HH
weeminger
10:13 on 11 September, 2014
NatKnow
10:09 on
11 September, 2014
I think what’s was particularly winding people up about this was the media suggestion that the jobs would be going too. Hence all the statements now being put out to re-assure people that jobs by and large wouldn’t be affected.
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I guess so – and that is entirely understandable – I’ve got a mortgage to pay like many others. Bear in mind that the papers are putting their own interpretation on the statements that are being released. Better to look at the actual statement on the company website – which I’m pretty sure will be fairly nuetral in tone and commit to nothing.
However, change would come. Edinburgh retained a lot of the big banks headquarters as a result of Gordon Brown’s intervention during the financial mayhem a few years back. What that has meant is that the big corporate decisions have been taken here in Scotland. IMHO that is a good thing and one of the reasons why there are still lots of finance sector jobs here in Scotland. When I hear statements like “Don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out” I really shake my head. These are valuable jobs that many families currently rely on. We shouldn’t be looking to chase them away. Which is why (I guess) that the SNP are so keen to cut Corporation Tax for big business. We would then be in competition with Ireland for certain kinds of business.
My input to the vote ( having elected to study engineering during the thatcher years meant there was very little engineering left by the time I finished my study. Hence my reason being forced out)
If the scots vote no. And sadly things look that way , there is no way your average little englander will put up with Scotland having extra powers and you can chuck your Barnett formula oot the window. England is moving further to the right and has more of a dislike of the scots than in recent times
If a no voter thinks the status quo will still exist. Then you are barking mad
NatKnow
10:27 on
11 September, 2014
Agreed but even if say RBS had the will to move it’s entire IT function from the Gyle it would take years of planning never mind the actual move.
Some folk seem to think that moving IT jobs is just plonking the programmers in front of a different machine.
If the uk leaves the EU banks will move, there already contingency plans for US based banks with headquarters in London to move to Dublin if the Uk leaves the EU
Disgraceful blackmail and coercion by the tory/orange no campaign.
I cannot believe that so many celtic supporters want to side with orangemen…truly sad
Taking the english gold….just like 1707.
Bowing and scraping to your Westminster masters….shame on you.
Scotland free…or a desert.
HH
SydneyTim
10:27 on 11 September, 2014
So on a scale of 1 to 10, how scared should we be?
And are you suggesting that we are a nation of cowards?
EL
You are scared, big time.
Hang on now. Some people are going too far.
I’m all for taking the piss out of nats.
But at least I’m upfront about it.
I don’t pretend to be a nat and post McGlashanesque rants just to make them sound like demented, fanatical, racist nutjobs.
There’s no need for it.
Seriously.
medtim
10:26 on
11 September, 2014
A question for the “no” voters.
If you have your way,who would you prefer to be running your lives after the next general election,Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage?
Or will you be happy to retain Cameron,Osbourne,Clegg or maybe even wee Milliband?
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Who will be the Scottish PM in the event of a yes vote?
Can’t be a member of the SNP
Football Question – When is Scott Brown due back?
Also as a Scot living abroad for 17 years what are the pros and cons of voting Yes or No?
Thanks in advance
Of course the as yet undefined extra powers have to be voted through Westminster before they’ll be granted. Is that something people are generally aware of?
Bawsman,
Don’t know.
Care to reply to my question?
The Green Man
10:31 on
11 September, 2014
Disgraceful blackmail and coercion by the tory/orange no campaign.
I cannot believe that so many celtic supporters want to side with orangemen…truly sad
Taking the english gold….just like 1707.
Bowing and scraping to your Westminster masters….shame on you.
Scotland free…or a desert.
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Do you really think people/companies don’t make plans for different contingencies?
I’m sure you have house insurance…………..just incase something unexpected happens?
Green Man
Single issue politics throw together some strange bedfellows, take for example the Roman Catholic Church and its stance on abortion, the same stance as many of those who hate that Church.
Strange bedfellows indeed.
HH
Sydneytim we agree on something. Next time I am in Sydney we can have a pint and wind up Macjay.
I was home in July. Only one week, sun was shining. Glasgow was hummin with energy for the games. Nothing to do with Westminster. I would live in Scotland nae bother. That energy can easily transform an independent Scotland. What I can’t understand is that better together assumes failure, fears change, diminishes hope. All based on a guess and expert opinions from those outside of Scotland who have most to lose, the vested interests, fat cats and bankers. By the way good on queen E for staying neutral. Not a royalist but I like and admire that old lady. My best mates here are English, I have had to talk lots to get them to stop reading pompous Tory propaganda, this is not about England. I really hope that the tide hasn’t turned and the polls do not reflect the self belief and the greatest opportunity in 300 years. YES.
Ernie. I am not saying any scots are cowards. You are Scotttish if you vote yes or no
What I am saying is things will change with a no Vote Do you really think English MP’s will vote for improved powers for Scotland while their constituents tell them to take a run and jump with Ukip party breathing down their knecks for their seat in the commons
Things have changed in England , the average voter will not agree to Scotland getting preferential treatment and the London press will be hostile
A line was crossed when the referendum was agreed
It’s yes and maybe things might get better or worse
Or no and money will be taken from Scottish budgets by Westminster and the saltire flown above 10 downing st will be put back in a box ne’er to be seen again
The Green Man
10:31 on 11 September, 2014
‘Scotland free…or a desert.’
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Would you like to buy a camel?
medtim
10:42 on
11 September, 2014
Bawsman,
Don’t know.
Care to reply to my question?
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I think the Tories will lose 10 or so seats to UKIP so there is a fair to midling chance that Labour will win power bringing Ed Milliband in as PM.
Over to you?
Cannot be SNP PM as surely they will be as good as their word and stand down as mission accomplished.
Who will it be?
Snake Plissken
10:17 on 11 September, 2014
Nat Know
I think it is fine for everyone to have contingency plans.
The suggestion is that operations and jobs will all be moving south.
This is poor in my opinion
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That suggestion is by the papers – not the businesses. Read their original statements. However, as I said, in the event of a Yes vote change will come. We can guess, but we don’t know what it will be. Nothing contentious in that statatement.
Why do people want to be ruled by tory lords…masons and orangemen.
Am I missing something?
Vote yes….get rid of Cameron and his fascist orange pals.
HH
Ernie
where is it you are staying today?
MWD says AYE
SydneyTim
10:43 on 11 September, 2014
In which case no doubt we’ll all vote SNP at the next general election.
Which will certainly make a change from last time when they managed to get 491,386 votes.
The ConDems got 878,326.
The Green Man
10:31 on
11 September, 2014
Disgraceful blackmail and coercion by the tory/orange no campaign.
I cannot believe that so many celtic supporters want to side with orangemen…truly sad.
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What orangemen think or support would never rule or determine any part in my thinking.
Otherwise they set the agenda.
Always pleasant of course to vote contrary to their preferences.
I feel their “NO” march on Saturday may well nudge the ” YES “vote over the line.
The Green Man
10:47 on
11 September, 2014
Why do people want to be ruled by tory lords…masons and orangemen.
Am I missing something?
Vote yes….get rid of Cameron and his fascist orange pals.
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You’re not missing anything……….but your village is missing you.
geordie munro – I find it very amusing when posters who have moved away from Scotland for whatever reason come on here and tell us the country they moved out of would be best to stay in the union.
That describes me!
Both the Yes and No camps have a large number of expatriate Scots in them.
Just because circumstances have led us away from Scotland doesn’t mean we no longer care.
I don’t want my friends and relatives in Scotland to suffer hardship for the sake of what the Yes campaign calls “independence”. The closer you examine their plans the less it resembles independence and the more it looks like folly.
The passionate enthusiasm of the Yes campaign has been impressive, but their tendency to wave away serious concerns over the detail of their plans is deeply concerning. Jobs and pensions won’t be sustained by passion or Alex Salmond’s glib soundbites.
I hope those on the Yes side of the debate understand that, when Scotland votes No, it will not be out of fear, or ignorance, or lack of patriotism.
Scotland will vote No because a majority of people, after weighing the pros and cons of each side, will conclude that we’re better together. (thumbsup)
Taurangabhoy
10:43 on
11 September, 2014
Sydneytim we agree on something. Next time I am in Sydney we can have a pint and wind up Macjay.
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I`d love that,bro.
:-0
Seriously.
Ernie lynch
You are hand in hand with tories, masons, and orangemen.
Your pathetic attempt at ridicule show your hand
You will need to do better….but I doubt you can.
Like a ten year old with a bad attitude. ..that about sums up the strength of your arguments.
You are quite happy to be at the back of the bus.
MadMitch
08:57 on
11 September, 2014
An T @ 1.51
What a load of reactionary tripe.
You really don’t know your history.
Wonder if you will be big enough to explain yourself?
Interesting to see how you compare the plight of the 26 counties with Glasgow today?
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Do you have any better arguments when someone questions you other than your default reaction to claim they don’t know their history?!
Pathetic.