My initial reaction, that the outcome from today’s SPL meeting and votes on Financial Fair Play, was on the upside of expectations, appears to be well founded. All matters not relating to a Newco football team were passed. Clubs had the opportunity to vote through a process to allow a Newco access the league but it was apparent that there was clearly insufficient support for this proposal, making subsequent proposals to apply sanctions to a Newco moot.
I understand sentiment towards Rangers reflected the comments from St Mirren chairman, Stewart Gilmour, who said, “What’s a court getting involved in football for? The decision had been made.”
There is no question that fan pressure has been brought to bear on club chairmen.
This interpretation compares starkly with BBC Reporting Scotland tonight who, if I paraphrase, said, ‘If Rangers don’t get a CVA, depending on your point of view, they will either get “back” into the SPL with light or with punitive punishment’. The broadcaster also threw in the suggestion that ‘Rangers’ might get ‘back’ in without punishment.
I’m a huge admirer of Reporting Scotland but this was perhaps the worst 60 seconds in 85 years of BBC reporting. There was a decision made to ignore the real story, that no facility to get a Newco (not Rangers) into the SPL was approved, to ignore the outcome of several months of fan pressure, and to tailor a story that suits a controversial narrative.
Fortunately, it looks like the BBC will be back on form soon, but they really need to look at what happened today.
As for the CVA, it becomes less and less likely by the hour.
UPDATE
Having spoken to BBC Reporting Scotland’s Alastair Lamont it’s clear he has been briefed differently from me, which explains the contrast between our interpretations. This story is becoming a nightmare to report, and probably to read. Fair play to Alastair for being up for the debate. I feel much better about my favourite news programme.
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lambert story
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hkk6cn
Links on @mattmcglone and one above is old news!
Surely better to come?
sorry misread previous post , obviously in ref to philii …sorry
HH
Same old same old….nothin’ to see here….or anywhere else…wtf?
What is this? Extracting the micturation,or what..
“The report of my death was an exaggeration” – Mark Twain.
Glad to hear you are up and about Kojo and feeling Pinkety Pink!
Thanks for the info for the flights to Philly, I reckon its just too expensive. Would have loved for a bit more notice then maybe go for a weeks holiday, 5 days in NYC and 2 in Philadelphia. Just going to hang on till St Patricks day next year.( And take the wife for a change).
No to Newclub
HH
Bad move for Paul. He will need to watch his back there. Norwich are a club on the way up A V are static just now!!
Delia will be very upset!!!
Bhoys, those links are dated May 26.
Bed time …nothing to see here move on
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die on 31 May, 2012 at 00:11 said:
Boom. Grier, Whyte, bedfellows?
Sweet dreams.
Celtic 67Live @the_eriugena
Edu off to Trabzonspor for £300K
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
The link with that old report with redacted emails was aired the night of the documentary. Nowhere,including Mark Daly’s Twatter page,has any effin’ email revelations. A stupid windup methinks. Balancing the books I suppose to keep der hun off his back.
Ach a gie up
Bedtime fur me
H.H
…been giving it another two minutes for the past half hour…
Tick-Tock…
Kojo on 30 May, 2012 at 23:39 said:
Kojo, the retrospectively canonised Fergus said of KD, ‘We don’t need a golf coach. What we need is a football coach.’
Once Fergus had retired our new star-struck CEO, Mr McDonald, appointed his hero Kenny as something or other. Kenny in turn appointed another mate, John Barnes, to run CFC while he oversaw the team’s direction from the golf course. John Barnes in turn appointed another mate – Terry McDermott. And so it went – until ICT beat us 3-1 at home. Kenny then did what he does after each new debacle – walked away with a preposterous sum of money in his pocket.
ps When KD bought Scheidt, Alan McDonald described it as ‘moving to the next level.’
fritzsong – to be fair, McDonald didn’t say whether that level was up or down or sideways
‘…moving to the next level…’, ‘…marquee signing…’, ‘…blue-chip player…’ – wish these people would speak English!
Nae emails???
I’m outa here … another late night… gonna lose my job at this rate
I’ll lurk in when I get up
HH
Thought for today:
“The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that once drove reporters to defy authority and tell the truth.” – Chris Hedges
thebhoyfromoz on 31 May, 2012 at 00:31 said:
It’s bad enough that this whole ragers thing interferes with my family life but it’s not on when it starts to interfere with my sleep.
Is it too much to ask that promised emails appear at the promised time.
Tiredandemotional CSC
Mark daly…..
The human equivalent to jan transfer deadline
Alasdair Lamont @BBCAlLamont
Apologies for the lack of publication of that new @markdaly2 story. Not sure why it hasn’t appeared. May well be held till tomorrow now.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Daly has now blown his self trumpeted credibility right out of the water.
Typical msm bluster and waffle.
Yup – beddy-by-baws for me too.
Look forward to tomorrow’s revelations – I’m sure there is some inquiry, court-case, investigation or other drama involving our annoying neighbours – thanks goodness they are moving away soon…
Tomorrow bhoys time for bed
Apologies for the lack of publication of that new @markdaly2 story. Not sure why it hasn’t appeared. May well be held till tomorrow now.
WOULD-BE Rangers chief Charles Green last night called for peace talks with SFA supremo Stewart Regan to stop Scottish football lurching into civil war.
Sunsport can reveal that the man piecing together the plan to guide the Glasgow giants out of administration has written to SFA chief executive Regan to ask for a Hampden summit.
Gers are on a collision course with the Hampden hierarchy after they went to the Court of Session to challenge the 12-month transfer embargo imposed for non-payment of £14.3million of taxes during the disastrous Craig Whyte era.
Lord Glennie ruled the SFA panel’s decision was unjust to the fury of the beaks and that left FIFA seething that the game had been dragged into the civil courts.
FIFA want Gers clobbered for their actions and straight-talking Yorkshireman Green told SunSport: “I want to have talks with Stewart Regan to find a way out of this for the good of Scottish football.
“There is a balancing act here. We accept Rangers should be punished for the sins of the past. I am not disputing that, the SFA have an obligation to do that.
“But I have to stress that the fans of Rangers, administrators and myself feel the initial penalty given to the club was too harsh.
“Now there has to be a solution and a way out that doesn’t cause carnage for the game in Scotland.”
SunSport understands administators Duff & Phelps felt that they had no option but to go to the Court of Session because the Court of Arbitration of Sport in Lausanne route was closed off to them.
Former Sheffield United chief executive Green, who arrived at Hampden yesterday with Gers director of football administration Andrew Dickson, said: “There has been talk that if the SFA appeal to Lord Carloway who rubber-stamped the original decision, then Rangers could be booted out of football for 12 months — or even for good.
“If everyone steps back from the understandable emotions of this for a second I can’t believe anyone who loves the game in Scotland wants that.
“I want to speak with Stewart Regan to try and find the right path for Rangers and the game as a whole in this country.”
Now with FIFA breathing down the SFA’s necks Green is desperate to avoid the toughest sanctions in the statutes, after launching his bid to take Gers out of administration with the £8.5million cash injection he prays will satisfy the club’s creditors.
No emails tonight – very interest development.
Palacio
Continental/United operate from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Newark and I think in summer they have 3 maybe 4 flights daily.
From Newark Airport you can connect directly to the Amtrak network to Manhattan, 20 minutes, or Philly 1 hour.
If you are in Manhattan the local clubs are running buses.
Last time we were in Philly the Philly clubs had events arranged with bands and they are promising to do the same again.
Since it’s a 1:30 KO, the heat will be unbearable, I expect they will be having festivities after the game.
No apologies from Daly. No explanation. No excuse. No shame.
If it acts like a hun….
Hard to lay too much blame on Daly. His mistake was trumpeting it earlier, not that it didn’t appear. Maybe it was the beeb’s lawyers who pulled it, maybe it’s grown even further since it was trailed. Maybe as I type it’ll go live. Whichever way, Daly has enought money in the bank for me.
Firesale begins in the next few days
Edu to Trabzonspor for £300K
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
miki67 on 31 May, 2012 at 00:39:
miki67 on 31 May, 2012 at 00:44:
In God we trust, in Daly we trust, patience…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
O G. Thanks for the reply . Wonder if tomorrow , will be an up or a down day . Wish we Could just see them Go
Jimtim.
USA v Brazil, KO 1am, ESPN, build up on now
both fielding strong teams
PoliticalCeltictweet @edwardrice1
injuction granted against BBC at high court. No emails tonight
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Think anyJudges are more likely to be tucked up in bed, it’s only Internet Bampots
that are still wakened.
bournesouprecipe on 31 May, 2012 at 00:51:
Present company excluded of course…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!