Charles Green told TalkSport, “Scottish football effectively is Rangers and Celtic. I mean, there are many other clubs but everyone has to acknowledge that that’s a fact.”
No, no, no, no. No. This is not a fact, it is not even a credible opinion. Instead it is deeply insulting to dozens of teams who conduct their business properly year after year. I have to ask, does he want this project to fail? He is effectively saying – Vote for this plan, you are irrelevant, we are all that matters and this suits our purposes.
It was this erroneous attitude which led to predictions of Armageddon this season. Instead, the long-suffering clubs who have paid their bills, while others put money which should have gone to the tax man towards buying fooballers, are enjoying a rebirth.
Green added, “Scottish football needs Rangers back at the top and Rangers being a vital part of European football. That’s where we’re trying to get them.”
This is a great season for the SPL. Financially responsible Hibs, who lost the Scottish Cup final to irresponsible Hearts, are top. Celtic, with their manageable, low, debt, have just beaten Barcelona in the Champions League. Aberdeen have their best team in years. Attendances are up for most clubs.
Before adding, “The Old Firm is the world’s biggest derby. That’s what world football wants, what broadcasters and sponsors wants, to see those games again. God willing we’ll see that in the years ahead.”
“The Old Firm” is not the world’s biggest derby, it’s not even Glasgow’s biggest derby. It doesn’t exist anymore. As for it being “what world football wants”! Oh dear. World football has better things to concern itself with, and don’t bring God into it!
The authenticity of the “Rangers Football Club plc” slideshow presentation which appeared last night is not confirmed, but I hope it’s genuine. It is, literally, fantastic. Notions contained therein that provide for “colts” teams and league reconstruction which “could see Rangers progress faster through the domestic league structures” bring it into perfect alignment with the Scottish Football League plans, which earlier this week Charles Green revealed would be presented today.
I also loved the first point on the summary page, “Profitable business model using prudent assumptions”, despite no mention of future costs, or revenues, in the presentation. Nice that they have confirmed revaluations of property assets at £79m, a fraction of the value the assets were disposed for in the summer.
This will not end well.
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FourGreenFields
18:10 on
14 November, 2012
hen1rik
Just seen it now mate , wage cap on Sevco players .
That will go down well with the present world beating squad assembled at the NEW club.
Waste of time matey.
Walker better player than Commons, the now standard doodlebug first caller on Snyde.
Aipple Sorry to hear about your loss my friend.
!!Bada Bing!!
Who Ernie Walker?? Johnny Walker???
Just caught the tail end of Charlie chuckles on stv.
Anybody here what the Charlieton said.hh
Fair play to ole Charlie green, he’s the only guy on TV more often than yon git in the go compare advert.
Just as irritating though.
Chuckles Green The Yorkshire Puddin is now sayin that sevco will have doubled in value in 3 years time.
That would make it £2 then.
!!bada bing!!
18:06 on 14 November, 2012
Shortbread saying WGS wont get Scotland job, my 3 quid on Starky at 33/1 going a wee bit further.
You could be right. A resounding and famous nil nil draw in Luxembourg should seal it.
I always thought it was funny how the capital of Luxembourg was Luxembourg. Have they no imagination?
If Benfica are on a warning after the Spartak Moscow match don’t underestimate EUFA, they could be in trouble. People have been injured by these flares in the past. Remember Celtic and Rapid Vienna.
Sip
Wage cap for sevco players.
Won’t pay mad wages
no longer sustainable in football.
We’re going to pay all our bills on time.
Only one of above is made up.
donpepe
16:43 on 14 November, 2012
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I well remember the Mollendinar. My mate had to fetch the ball which had landed “midstream” so to speak.
He had on his new long trousers too and chose to stand on what looked like an island of concrete but turned out to be a cunningly disguised wee bog of green sludge.
I remember his slime covered leg coming back over the wall first followed by the rest of him before he began the lone trudge home to change.
SP-Andy believe it or not…
Sorry to bring the chat back to record shops and apologies also if it has already been mentioned but Mr. Jamieson’s shop in Coatbrige was the dogs. You got a free single or 12″ with every album you bought (usually some obscure artiste). The price of each LP was written in pencil at the inner top of the sleeve – that must have taken him ages. My copy of Parallel Lines has £4.20 written in there.
Mervyn King – “it is neither as good as the zigs suggest or as bad as the zags imply ”
My God this guy is running the Bank of England , no wonder we are in deep poo .
Porto bookies offering 9/2 on Luxembourg .
I’ve retired from betting for the rest of this year – but- hey — I’m twitching to bite -but that ” new manager bounce ” thing is holding me back .
Cognitive Dissonance CSC
Feruz scores 2 for U21s ,currently 2-1
Paul
Remember them late 70s – early eighties? Light entertainment? The ubiquitous juggler, tumbler or spinner?
The plate spinner?
My Dad made a joke once about telling lies being like one of those plate spinners – a lot of work for little return in the long run.
Chuck thinks like an old media user does – you only need to be right today (Lord knows that ethic worked for them during the heady days) – whereas the bloggers, the digital dissectors will not let the lie, well, lie…
u
South Of Tunis
I can’t see scotland not winning tonight, unfortunatly :>)
Rona Dougall @ronadougallnews
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@Pmacgiollabhain stv analyst to cast doubt on Charles green’s IPO being achievable while documents reveal dramatic wage cuts to come !!
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Auldheid. You obviously went to St Kentigern’s. I must confess that I had a similar experience to your mate. The Molendinar was truly boggin.
I don’t however know of anyone who made the same mistake twice
!!Bada Bing!!
Andy Walker wisnae my favourite I must confess, rather have Kris any day in the Hoops..
Any minute now they’ll have a Celtic fan claiming to miss the Orcs…
Tickets for Arbroath game purchased. Yet again, right on half way above the tunnel. I’ll take a spare hankie in case Rod makes it along.
ITV London Sky 973 @ 7.15 Sweden v Engerland, big Lurch should get the second half.
Che.
Cheers m8.hh
Spanish polis a bit heavy handed there.
Franco would be proud.
Portuguese protesters with ‘We will never walk alone@ T- shirts on.hh
I don’t know why this forum is so reluctant to listen to the sagacious Mynah Bird.
This guy has answers to REAL problems.
World over-population ?
EASY.
‘ BIGGER & BETTER BOMBS.’
HOWEVAH…..
Did someone say that Chuckles has said sevco will have a wage cap and will not be paying anymore crazy wages ,if true sevco will have some squad when the transfer ban (that started when the transfer window shut)is up
10m forecast to be set aside for players according to the piffle point
hail hail
The Benfica game will go ahead as planned.
… but Uefa will hammer them at a later date.
The Celtic v Rapid Vienna game did not involve a flare – it was a bottle which landed about 20(?) feet from the nearest player.
Cue the reaction – hit by a sniper from the grassy knoll!
HH!!
WGS ruling himself out apparently. Saying “my future is in club management”. Isn’t that what McLeish said just before he got the job. Always thought that was a VERY strange appointment by the SFA – basically giving him a leg-up back into management after he’d been out of work for nearly a year. Has supposedly ruled himself out “again” this time – aye right!
ESPN Now Celtics next new star programme
Don’t know if posted previous:
On ESPN now – Football’s Next Star from Lennoxtown!
!!BB!! – snap!
Benfica could play future home games behind closed doors with the Portuguese giants being investigated by UEFA for throwing flares.
The club had been worried they would face sanctions ahead of their crucial Champions League Group G encounter against Celtic next Tuesday at the Estadio da Luz.
However, with thousands of Hoops fans having already bought tickets for the game in what’s expected to be a sell-out, UEFA have now ordered a hearing for December 13th.
Benfica have already paid a 40,000 euro fine after launching flares and fireworks during the game against Barcelona in early October.
More firecrackers were thrown from the stands when they took on Spartak Moscow last week.
Ah see that…
Guid ole.. Israel…
Has bin Listenin..
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
The Exiled Tim .
Been selectively betting on Scotland losing / drawing since Peru in 1978 . I haven’t lost yet .
9/2 has me twitching . Luxembourg are dire but might be more up for it than Scotland . . Scotland are dire but might get a lift from Levein going .
Twitching — need to decide soon .
South Of Tunis
Why not try the draw :))
praecepta-great minds…….