Lots going on today, we’ll maybe have a second blog this evening on Craig Gordon, but for now….
Last month I wrote that Dave King’s Fit and Proper issue was a faux precipice. If he was not found Fit and Proper he, “could easily appoint his own people to the PLC board, he would be able to attend board meetings and bark whatever orders necessary.” This issue would not prevent King from investing in the club, or from gaining the kind of influence Mike Ashley had until recently.
There are no SFA rules which could prohibit an unfit and improper person from being the 100% owner of a club. The matter is in the very literal sense, a formality.
Still, in passing such a tainted convict, who has already sat on the board of a club which sailed into liquidation, was subject to considerable criticism from an SPL judicial report, and had his honesty derided by a South African judge, the SFA, have made an improper decision. It’s a marginal call whether our man is better working on the inside or taking nothing to do with it. Neither option is satisfactory, the only permanent resolution to this scourge of the ages is to leave Scottish football behind.
For what it’s worth, I think King is utterly brilliant. Sounding a bit like Rhett Butler in an interview with the Daily Record, he said, “Quite frankly I don’t give a damn what people say or write about me. I will do whatever I think is best for me. The media and the fans will make no difference to my success or failure.”
Stand down all you psychological profilers.
The guy is perfect, how did he convince so many fans he was good for them? Wait, I remember. In the same article he said:
“The only way we can access that revenue is to compete with Celtic. To do that, in our first year back we are going to have to treble our wage bill as a minimum. Depending on how Dermot Desmond responds we may need to make it four times bigger.”
“First year back……. treble our wage bill…… minimum….. may need to make it four times bigger”.
He went on, “I have lost £20m in Rangers already and I’m happy to lose another £30m because I love the team”.
£30m. Go for it, Dave, we’d all love to see it. That would teach Celtic a lesson.
Here’s a few predictions. The No Surrender to a perceived enemy days will be back in spades. They need to dislodge Celtic, its influence and its support. Expect bad PR when a fan illegally disposes of litter and the onslaughts against our CEO to continue. They have not been able to lay a glove on Ronny for months, but wait until we draw a game at home. Players should avoid camera phones, and Scott Brown should never sit down in public. Anthony Stokes will be cautioned against use of a flagrantly Irish accent.
Whatever money is available will flood into the coffers in a desperate attempt to close the gap with Celtic, but there will be no trebling of wages or £30m investment. Instead, the fans will be asked to stump up the big numbers. In the event Mike Ashley is held in abeyance, the window between now and the money running out is critical. I expect nothing more than a shambles, they don’t have the money or the intelligence to take Celtic on, but this is their one big play. Celtic are ready.
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If ever a man was fit and proper for that lot it’s the glib fella. Let there sense of entitlement continue on the road to self destruction part 445.
Agent Green
I was at that game myself.
The game I had the wee man at recently was 22nd February against Hamilton. It had got milder the few days before and I thought yeah let’s go to this one.
Baltic doesn;t sum it up. I was cold myself. Got soaked in the rain on the way to the ground too.
Took the wee man down the stairs at half time for a bit of respite out the wind. He was able to potter about and me and my auld man watched the 2nd half on the screens with a hot drink. The screens were then turned off and a steward appeared telling people to go back to their seats. I approached him and said that the wee man was freezing and could he get them turned back on? I was intructed to return to my seat. Felt that was handled poorly but certainly put me off taking an under 5 in any sort of cold weather.
Still he warmed up 2nd half and we won the game so it is all well that ends well.
I made him stay to the end. He must learn good habits right from the start!!!
LB
Hi Fellow Celtic Fans,
With passing Dave King as ‘Fit and Proper’, I think the SFA have handed Celtic, and every other Scottish Football Club, their ‘Fit and Proper Response’ (i.e. GIRFUY!) that they are ‘Aye Ready’ to do everything in their power to assist the The Rangers to the detriment of every other Scottish Football Club.
What a sad and backward little organisation the SFA are!
In my opinion I think the only way for us to respond is to turn up in our droves to Celtic Games, do what we can to maximise Celtic Revenue, and deprive the The Rangers and the SFA of whatever income we can. ‘Not one thin dime’ as Fergus would say.
Yours in Celtic,
TB&F.
Why all the angst about the GASL getting rubber-stamped? Me – I would have been more worried had it been someone reputable coming in with a proven track record and sustainable business plan.
The Huns have a number of indelible stamps on their corporate soul; administration, liquidation, Companies House (ceased trading), zero credit rating without throwing in the contrived good/bad/indifferent football machinations; tax, licensing, litigation and possible criminal proceedings – in short a commercial wreck!
Everything that was bolted-down has been hawked. There are no tangible assets left to support; short/medium/long-term finance – the GASL will either have to finance it or sign personnel guarantees (with an accompanying CV up there with; Capone and Hedi Fleiss).
As for MASH and the retail arrangements – bring it on! Wait till he has to deal with MA’s right-hand woman (she makes Rosa Klebb look like a fairy godmother). It will take £50M now and £30M+ per year/year-on to get within ‘snapping at our heels’ range.
Meantime CFC (who have been operating in 3rd gear) have produced annual accounts that qualify contingency finance (ability to spend/borrow) and have the capability to accelerate and up the gears as and when necessary to maintain a healthy gap for years to come.
As for CFC’s position on their ongoing fiasco – I see no need for us to publicly kick them in the ‘R.S. McColls’ – they are making a damn good job of ripping them (themselves) on a barbed-wire fence on an almost daily basis!
Doodah! Doodah!
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooood afternoon
Lots going on but I’m still a Tim :)))
Life is not badCSC
There’s a fair few posters on here who seem to think it’s a badge of honour telling the rest of us that they wont be renewing / season ticket holders should boycott / it’s all Celtic’s fault / PL is only in it for his bonus. The very same posters who when the huns are playing are giving us a minute by minute updates….Go Figure…
Praecepta,
The outrage is at another SFA stitch up, I’m no bothered who the issue is how and on what condition, the game and governance in Scotland is not fit for purpose it can no long be considered a sport.
kitalba
I mentioned things like that the other day mate.
I hear you on that side of things. There are things that could be better.
I think things are improving slowly. I have had my own issues with the club shop and believe they are losing a lot of revenue due to the delivery charges on the club website.
I also believe that the Celtic shop should be the cheapest place to buy all club merchandise. It is coming from source direct to the shop.
The merchandise side of things could be so much better. I am going to take a trip to the shop soon though.
Bought a lovely decanter for my dad for £15 from £70 a t-shirt for the wee man and a duck for his bath. Under £20 plus fiver postage. Would not buy anything that may not fit though. Taking it back to the shop itself means not getting full price back if item is now in sale. Crazy state of affairs.
LB
West end…,
Name and shame
praecepta:
Principles? Equality? Integrity? Values? impartiality? Morals? Ethics? Honesty? SPORT?
Jeez, according to my sums the new mantra down Govan way is ‘for every fiver they spend, we’ll spend 20’. Look what happened when they only spent 10
LiviBhoy:
There are more green and white plastic ducks in Queensland than there are koalas.
But they are not breeding and I’m fecked if I’m buying anymore.
Canamalar – I’ll be watching the Arsenal – Sunderland game tonight, but if I want to know the huns score I’ll pop in here for the latest updates….
Livibhoy – I’mon the same page. the logic of depriving celtic of money because of the SFA and the Orcs is beyond me.
Making celtic strong financially keeps us ahead of the game. The weaker we get the more the cheats get to influence the outcome.
NatKnow
12:20 on
20 May, 2015
Right you are. Too subtle for me on a Wednesday. :)
West End of East End:
Could you please name these posters you refer to, I don’t think they’d mind and I might be able to address them?
BY NAME
West end..,
You made a sweeping statement accusing one side of the argument of being more interested in the hun score.
I actually think your accusing the wrong people, I think you’ll find it’s mostly the “they make no difference to me” who keep the updates flowing.
[9:49PM, 19/05/2015] Dave King says his Rangers investment was dependent on fit and proper clearance. Different to what he said in March: http://t.co/hbQLyuKxXC
[9:50PM, 19/05/2015] @STVSport @STVGrant jeezo! hasnt even reached the top ay the marble stairs & the lying has begun lol #TheGiftThatKeepsGiving
roberttressle,
Who is depriving Celtic money ?
kitalba – Take a look at the blog from about 5pm onwards last night when the king announcement was made, sheer hysteria and mock outrage. Then take a look back to the last time the huns were playing, better than ceefax but not as good as twitter…
Good Afternoon
Trebling the wage bill eh?
How about building up a sustainable operation?
Thought not!
Even if King and co have access to significant resources, how are they going to find the players without a scouting network?
And how do they propose to pay significant wages year after year?
What about the need to pay for repairs to the Crumbledome?
What about the cost of servicing onerous contracts?
What about paying off Mike Ashley?
And then still having to manage with limited retain income?
Oh and then there’s the loan from the Three Bears to repay.
It doesn’t sound too promising does it?!
Here are some more thoughts from me on the King ‘takeover’.
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/05/19/the-end-of-the-world/
Have a good afternoon
Ol’tim… Eat.
Paul67
But what happens if they don’t get up through the play offs?
West End of East End;
My life is too short, I’d appreciate it if you could just humour courtesy and name them, after all, that would be the polite thing to do rather than just smear in absence.
I know that smearing in absence is a common trait of late, on here, but surely you hold yourself above such crass behaviour?
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Spiers on Sport: A laughable decision, but now let Dave King crack onSpiers on Sport
Graham Spiers.Tuesday 19 May 2015 Is anyone genuinely surprised that, in their fearful wisdom, the SFA has decreed Dave King to be “fit and proper” to become the chairman of Rangers?
Is anyone genuinely surprised that, in their fearful wisdom, the SFA has decreed Dave King to be “fit and proper” to become the chairman of Rangers?
I have to admit, I don’t know one such person. It has seemed a stick-on for months that Scottish football’s governing body would “pass” King fit, controversial or not.
In one sense it has been an academic exercise. King has taken control of Rangers and, fit or not in the eyes of the SFA, nothing was going to change that. King was going to wield his Rangers power, either inside the boardroom or outside its door.
In this context, it is time to crack on. Let’s see what King can now do at Rangers. But not before we can examine just how laughable this SFA decision is about him.
There have been two parts to this King debate. The first has been what you might call the bleedin’ obvious part. The second has been the area of intense legal dispute.
King, for many, blatantly failed the SFA’s own rules about reputable characters coming in to Scottish football.
By reputable, the SFA meant a red flag over anyone who, say, has a recent court conviction for tax evading, or had been a director of a football club which had undergone insolvency within the last five years.
You can read the SFA’s slightly laborious Article 10 if you like. It does not cite these various misdemeanours for fun, or for their appeal. On the contrary, the SFA cites them because it wants to guard against such characters invading the Scottish game.
It won’t do here to wade back through Dave King’s 41 guilty counts in a South African high court in 2013. Everyone knows about them. On the surface King blatantly fails the SFA’s fit and proper process.
But there is a further aspect to this. These days everything – absolutely everything – is up for legal challenge. Every single moral bar can be turned on its head in a court of law. In this context, nothing is cut and dried.
In recent weeks there has been endless legal counsel and trading going on, both on the SFA side and the King side, as this fit and proper decision has been reached.
This is the main reason why the ruling has dragged on so long. It doesn’t matter what appeared to be the case on the surface, or how ludicrously some of us viewed King’s failure in terms of the SFA’s Article 10.
The point is, the SFA had to be absolutely sure their decision was legally watertight. And these days next to no-one knows – not even prime ministers – what a legally watertight position is.
The SFA have been fearful of Dave King. Giving him fit and proper status is the easiest way out. It cuts out further months of potential acrimony and legal jousting, by just giving him his seat on the Rangers board.
The SFA will be damaged, and maybe even tarnished, by this King decision. It will seem laughable and deplorable in equal measure to many Scottish football fans up and down the country.
Supporters outwith the Rangers legions will no longer trust the SFA. They will view the organisation, instead, as supine, weak-willed, fearful and capitulating.
This King issue was a test-case for the SFA’s reputation, and I don’t think it has come out of it at all well. The governing body will be disparaged over it.
All of that being said, it really is time to crack on. There can be an unhealthy fascination with things Rangers by supporters of other clubs, and this King case for some has been just such an episode.
Rangers FC – “old” or “new”, whatever your take – has gravely suffered. Never in anyone’s wildest dreams was it imagined that the club would be liquidated. But it was, in 2012.
The pain and anger from that event still linger. The disputes about “Rangers”, the club’s history and all the rest of it, have been poisonous. To be abject about this, those who had always detested Rangers have surely had their fill.
Personally, I am all for Rangers FC moving on, being strengthened, being made healthy, and competing at the highest level in Scottish football. I believe it will enhance the game that we love in this country.
King is the latest to try to make that happen. He is here, at Ibrox, and no SFA fit and proper farce is going to change that.
Whatever your view of this King decision – and I find it ridiculous – it is time now to let him get to work, and let him be judged by what he can or cannot do for Rangers.
Monkey on the Car!…………….so the Glib and Shameless one gets to be Chief jobby polisher………….and as it is on the end of a nice stick ….he can bang the Monkeys around their wallets until retiring for health reasons …..
The Celtic will keep on shining on ……..
braw
Canamalar
There are 42 Clubs (CFC = 1 vote) who have the power to write iron-clad rules.
If they are written in such a fashion that allows the SFA implement them (with licence to; deviate or use discretion) – then that’s fault of the majority who approved them.
The Clubs (collectively) have the powers to address ‘poor governance’ and should be taken to task by their supporters (shareholders) to do so. It cannot be left to Celtic alone to take on the role of the ‘witch-finder general’ – we can lead by example (whether we do in committee I do not know) but we cannot be the arbitrary source of change.
Heaven67:
Somebody has kidnapped your login.
kitalba – You’ve been on the blog and have probably read back so there’s no need for me to give you a list of names, you probably agreed with the majority of them….
Just renewed my season ticket.
My heart has ruled my head – thank goodness it does from time to time.
If that makes me a happy clapper, then I’ll accompany it with a smile
I live down south and only get to a few games, however, I am in the fortunate position of being able to afford this contribution to the Celtic who have provided me with some of the most joyful times in my life.
We all have to make our choices in how we offer our support, and if mine offends anyone, then I can only quote a regular poster as my response…..
GIRFUY
HH – Slabhoy
praecepta:
If nobody instigates change, bet your freckin house on it… there’ll be no change.
Change could start with you, if you disown compliant corruption.
West End of East End:
Presumptuous and discourteous.
Slabhoy – Duntocher is Green and White
13:01 on
20 May, 2015
Just renewed my season ticket.
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braw /////////Happy clappers and Bankies Rule ok…
braw
Celtic should stop selling the green and white rubber ducks, they should sell green and white seal flippers instead, they’d be minted.
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I’m not holdin’ my breath, but the next time Celtic announce a new sponsor to appear on the famous ole greenandwhitehoops, it would be nice to think it could be Mary’s Meals.
Who would you rather have at your club ?
Big peter or glib / shameless